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Extreme radiation at #2 Reactor www3.n
r.jpby Sinthia Domina edited by George Gibb 3/27/2011 5:38:06 AM
@Natalie I'm not saying to walk away. I have quite a few friends there too... Japan is in my heart. I'm just saying that all of us need to try to calm about global. Sorry if I mis-spoke. HUGS.by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:38:32 AM
Thanks Sin checking.by gabe 3/27/2011 5:38:36 AM
My local ABC affilate is also reporting the 10million times figure.by amianda 3/27/2011 5:39:02 AM
@Natalie, ok - does it do lottery numbers too? :)by FradyKat 3/27/2011 5:39:10 AM- @quantman Again, it's very hard to draw any conclusion other than core breach from readings like those. It could still be a leak in the piping i guess, but it's looking unlikely to be explained away by that.by worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:39:18 AM
- what time/day is it now in Japanby Terratalk 3/27/2011 5:39:22 AM
- @Natalie. In terms of life, yes. But not long term health. And economically the whole interconnected world will suffer too.by quantman07 3/27/2011 5:39:34 AM
- @Sinthia Domina Here is waht your link says: Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has detected radioactive materials 10-million-times normal levels in water at the No.2 reactor complex of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The plant operator, known as TEPCO, says it measured 2.9-billion becquerels of radiation per one cubic centimeter of water from the basement of the turbine building attached to the Number 2 reactor.
The level of contamination is about 1,000 times that of the leaked water already found in the basements of the Number 1 and 3 reactor turbine buildings.
The company says the latest reading is 10-million times the usual radioactivity of water circulating within a normally operating reactor.
TEPCO says the radioactive materials include 2.9-billion becquerels of iodine-134, 13-million becquerels of iodine-131, and 2.3-million becquerels each for cesium 134 and 137.by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:39:39 AM - @Terra 2:39PMby NiteSpawn 3/27/2011 5:39:48 AM
- If the plant is chugging(becoming critical again), even with water, what can be done?by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:40:00 AM
- Sundayby NiteSpawn 3/27/2011 5:40:07 AM
- @Terratalk www.google.comby borrrden 3/27/2011 5:40:13 AM
- Sunday, correct?by Terratalk 3/27/2011 5:40:23 AM
www3.nhk.or.jp - Could you imagine this? A ~52foot wall of water with the power of the ocean behind it coming at you? Amazing.by Grizzly 3/27/2011 5:40:26 AM
@Optim: The surrounding area is decimated. We do not know the end result yet, but the area could be considered uninhabitable for a long time. It's a corporation. Don't forget that very important fact. I'll have to take a look, but there is another corporation that has pledged to help TEPCO. It had to deal with a 'favor' because TEPCO came to its assist. It's a cultural thing. If TEPCO goes Bk, it will go into receivership meaning that its asset will be sold. I'll check and post the link.by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 5:40:31 AM- @Terra Yesby NiteSpawn 3/27/2011 5:40:42 AM
- @Ralph Unger That is a question for Dean... I think he had said only water and wait to cool, but not sure.by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:40:46 AM
- @Meretisa No, its okay. It just, if I didn't have friends there, I don't know if I'd be this wrapped up in it. Because I'm not worried about my own safety here in the states. @FradyKat Sadly no. @quantman07 Anything that happens at this point will affect the world. I just don't worry about health.by Natalie 3/27/2011 5:41:26 AM
- Water is no help if the rods or pellets become critical again.by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:41:35 AM
What is a free online storage for images ?
I again am on the pictures...by VeenOui 3/27/2011 5:41:56 AM- @Ralph What is?by worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:42:15 AM
- Wow, took a break for a couple hours and look what I miss. Guess this confirms the Neutron 'beams' were spot on.by gabe 3/27/2011 5:42:17 AM
- @Ralph there are no reports or that, correct?by NiteSpawn 3/27/2011 5:42:17 AM
- @gabe, looks like itby worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:42:50 AM
- So the neutron beams were what, the 14th?by worldradioman 3/27/2011 5:43:12 AM
- @Natalie It's alright, I don't want to drive down to Primm anyways :)by FradyKat 3/27/2011 5:43:17 AM
@Ralph - Doesn't the uranium fuel require a certain ratio of water to reach a critical state?by Hank Scorpio 3/27/2011 5:43:20 AM- No reports at all, but if radio actives increase, which has not happened, it could be the case.by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:43:21 AM
Tokyo time is UTC +9.by Alaskan 3/27/2011 5:43:23 AM- @Meretisa I'm not worried about the Io-134 www.wolframalpha.com or 131 www.wolframalpha.com both have short half-lives.by Natalie 3/27/2011 5:43:28 AM
- @Veenoui..tried picscrazy.com?by Optim 3/27/2011 5:43:38 AM
- @world radioman. Do you not buy the source in the nyt article. The nature and choice of words of the source and the specificity was quite surprising. I'm inclined to believe there is a long rupture in at least one of the primary containment vessels. The spent fuel in the very same reactors is another additional problem.by quantman07 3/27/2011 5:43:51 AM
- @VeenOui imageshack.com tinypic.comby Grizzly 3/27/2011 5:44:04 AM
- @worldradioman from what I can tell from graphs (sorry no links right at moment) most of it was between 15-16th- huge spikes in radiation adn the neutron beam was seen.by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:44:08 AM
- I am trying to find the helicopter video showing the tsunami as it hit the power plant, anyone know where it is? (I've only seen it once,wave was amazingly high)by Terratalk 3/27/2011 5:44:21 AM
- The raeding i get from the main gate say that everyting is OK, but oter reports are alarming.by Ralph Unger 3/27/2011 5:44:28 AM
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by Maureen Burke edited by George Gibb 3/27/2011 5:44:40 AM- Heres the rest of the written portion of the NHK story www3.nhk.or.jp there is video as well, but only of the helicopter flyover from a few days ago. TEPCO says the radioactive materials include 2.9-billion becquerels of iodine-134, 13-million becquerels of iodine-131, and 2.3-million becquerels each for cesium 134 and 137.
These substances are emitted during nuclear fission inside a reactor core.
The company says the extremely contaminated water may stem from a damaged reactor core, and are trying to determine how the leakage occurred.
University of Tokyo graduate school professor Naoto Sekimura says the leak may come from the suppression chamber of the Number 2 reactor, which is known to be damaged. The chamber is designed to contain overflows of radioactive substances from the reactor.by Sinthia Domina 3/27/2011 5:44:48 AM - Going to use Twitpic as it can be used with my TYwitter
I will upload images.cause i still have doubtsby VeenOui 3/27/2011 5:44:49 AM - @Natalie yeah. my worry is the 137. even iodine decays in like 8 days. 137 is longer like what? 30 years?by Meretisa 3/27/2011 5:44:58 AM
- @Terra, while the initial wave may have been dramatic, water levels behind the wave were likely even higher.by Alaskan 3/27/2011 5:44:59 AM
- Hello again all...any updates?by stef 3/27/2011 5:45:08 AM
- @Gabe: Definetly. When I saw the article from the 23rd, I thought to meself.... wow! A bunch of people on a news feed figured it out prior announcement of the event. Wish that some of those minds were with us now. PS: Personal observation: Reuters hung in there because folks were feeding journalists with facts... imagine that!by Karen Warren 3/27/2011 5:45:26 AM
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