Japan Earthquake

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About time robots have been called in. Should have been obvious on day 1. US gov had drones (which are robotic aircraft) taking readings from above -- why not robots to sense pool levels, temperatures, and valve status?
by Alaskan 3/27/2011 4:40:30 AM

Most people agree that the casings are already damaged. And the only new news is that more agree that the RPV is also damaged at 1 or 2 plants. The readings at the main gate are encouraging in that they do not indicate further fission. They might not detect it though even if it happened.
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 4:40:36 AM

Also I'm not trying to be a stickler but there was an error in what Bev said. If neutron radiation is present that means fission is occurring. The qualifier "plutonium fission" is not accurate since there are many materials that can do nuclear fission such as uranium isotopes, radium, etc. There is enough to be concerned about without over dramatizing by inaccuracies.
by Sky 3/27/2011 4:41:14 AM

@Grizzly That also has to do with the Japanese language in general. Its hard to explain, but might and maybe are used very frequently. Many things are downplayed.
by Natalie 3/27/2011 4:41:16 AM

sorry for jumping on it, but I wanted to see, too
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 4:41:17 AM

Reports from Japan say radioactivity in water at reactor 2 at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant is 10 million times the usual level. BBC
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:41:19 AM

@Grizzly: BBC I suspect does not have any highly placed local sources. Only japanese news sources can be trusted. kyodo has been pretty up-to-date till now
by Optim 3/27/2011 4:41:28 AM

@Ralph Unger I am not. The relevance was that the N.A.I. were deeply in touch with the earth and the land and were reported to be able to sense things that we rely on science to do now. You are VERY correct in that everyone should be. Our current civilization seems to overlook it - until it's too late. Just keep minds open. Ask 'what if' until there is one finite answer [to any problem]. We're in this situation now because noone ever asks 'Yeah, but WHAT IF that happens...' Or they overlook the answer because of ignorance.
by Dennis Tucker Jr 3/27/2011 4:41:31 AM

Actual level of radioactivity in water coming from 2nd reactor is 1 sievert/hr. You can look this up on wikipedia to see what exposure to 1 sievert does.
by Alaskan 3/27/2011 4:42:02 AM

@Optim I feel like it's just one giant "telephone" game. Each person says something to the next and it's changed each time until it gets to the end and it's nothing like it was when it started, you know?
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 4:42:24 AM

can anyone beak it down into sievert amount?
by Sinthia Domina 3/27/2011 4:42:30 AM

I agree ask Sin about my risk analysis statements.I think we are on the same page here.
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 4:42:33 AM

www.bbc.co.uk/news Radiation soars at Japan Reactor Sorry, i'm a slow keyboarder
by MaryW 3/27/2011 4:42:39 AM

Folks, links need to include the http: etc....
by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 4:43:26 AM

KYODO News ticker is gone and no mention of it ?
by VeenOui 3/27/2011 4:43:29 AM

@Grizzly It totally is. Which is why I'm not listening to anything from America. We don't really have anyone on the ground there. Where NHK does, for obvious reasons. BBC I believe shouldn't either, seeing as Britain told everyone to leave in the beginning.
by Natalie 3/27/2011 4:43:42 AM

See latest news headlines at english.kyodonews.jp
by Alaskan 3/27/2011 4:44:18 AM

@grizzly...info is indeed getting lost. In US...people have mostly stopped talking about japan and seem to disregard the seriousness of the situation.
by Optim 3/27/2011 4:44:32 AM

Never give a banner any weight, wait for the story behind the banner.
by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 4:44:32 AM

JAPAN NUCLEAR:
Radioactivity in water at Fukushima reactor 2 is 10 million times normal level, says plant operator -workers evacuated

that's on top of the BBC news page
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 4:44:47 AM

Still on ticker at Kyodo english.kyod.jp
by Patrick Kelley edited by George Gibb 3/27/2011 4:45:19 AM

I'm disgusted with US media...as soon as Libya started we dropped everything to cover that...last night the Evening News had a 30 second report on Japan 10 minutes into the broadcast. The megamillion drawing came before Japan! GRR!
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 4:45:49 AM

NHK is a government stooge. Kyodo has been accurate.
by marie rich 3/27/2011 4:45:59 AM

2.9 million cubic bec detected in water saying on nhk now
by Meretisa 3/27/2011 4:46:43 AM

@Grizzly No no, they didn't completely drop it. This morning I heard that ford is being asked not to receive orders for black and red cars, because the paint comes from Japan.
by Natalie 3/27/2011 4:47:04 AM

Now they're starting to dribble out what they already knew because they can't hide it anymore.
by Jim Carver 3/27/2011 4:47:09 AM

The NHK site had a report on their Live TV with some Japanese nuke experts. They confirmed the 10mil reading.
by ricky 3/27/2011 4:47:16 AM

@Natalie Well they let it fall almost to the ground, lol...it's just on the back burner now :-/
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 4:47:51 AM

Ok..let's wait for nhk 2pm japan time news report... www3.nhk.or.jp
by Optim 3/27/2011 4:48:08 AM

@Ralph: You speak truth. Old adage: follow the money.
by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 4:48:19 AM

@Ralph Unger That's the thing, they don't say...I hate it when they do that....
by borrrden 3/27/2011 4:48:24 AM

The units used to measure radiation are the rem and the millirem (1/1,000th of a rem). The international unit for measuring radiation exposure is the sievert (Sv), and 1 Sv = 100 rems. Therefore, to convert from the mrem values above to mSv (millisievert), divide the value by 100.
by Grizzly 3/27/2011 4:48:25 AM