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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:28 AM Original message |
Nuclear officials prepare to vent radioactive gas from crippled Japanese reactor |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. I can't get the link to load (my connection - not your link) Which Reactor? #3? |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, #3. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Probably waiting for winds to blow East towards the US |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. oh no- |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Oh no is right. The country has no idea about the horrors that lie ahead. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. "protective iodine pills" |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Would taking potassium help |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. No |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. Bad news |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, thanks for the post. I've been looking for info as well. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. updates here at NIRS.org |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. What I don't understand is why this wasn't anticipated during construction. . . |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. See post #11. nt |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Suppose you could bleed it off to another containment vessel |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. As I understand it, as the hydrogen fills the vessel, it prohibits water from being pumped in. . . |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I wasn't trying to shoot down your idea |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Didn't see it at all as you shooting it down . . . |
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Arcana (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. More particles coming. |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. and this venting probably contains plutonium 238, 239, 240, 241,and/or 242 from the MOX fuel |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. Reactor containment buildings are not designed to contain a meltdown |
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highprincipleswork (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. maybe not, live coverage in Japan |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. They have been venting steam and helium, washing radioactive reactors |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. All of their reactors should be retired. Japan is a bad place for nukes, in fact, |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. couldn't agree more! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. +1 and CA and NY fault lines are just as bad places |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. They are. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Great post. IMHO, though, it's been venting non-stop. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. yes, there are so many holes from the blowouts there's a lot of venting going on |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. they've already been venting so why is this news? |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. this is a new venting from Unit 3, the link you provided is from 40 hours ago, Japan time |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Unit 3? |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. venting is Unit 3, here is a quote from the OP, Unit 4 now has possible chain reaction in spent fuel |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Well, not "under control" per se... |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. yes, Im just sick in my gut about Japan(much to do with non-nuke events)so many hungry, cold, alone |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I went through Katrina |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. This is not good |
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