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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:49 PM Original message |
Tokyo Electric Says Fukushima Fuel Rods Damaged, Leak to Sea |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommend |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. how did it get into the water? that is the question. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. How? They have been spraying seawater in an attempt to cool it. Where does the water go? |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. so the water picked up that much radiation in the air between the hose and the ground? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Not much... this is water that was in the core of a reactor. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. No, but I think if it goes in the storage pool and leaks/flows out, it can get kinda bad. nt |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The tsunami washed over the outbuildings and pumps. Maybe that did it? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Two routes - direct runoff from the plant and atmospheric deposition |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. TEPCO said it was believed to be the seawater used for cooling. nt |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Seawater used in the cooling process, becomes waste water, and runs off into ocean. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yep... along with the steam that was released. |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not good, but think of what a cesspool the water must be with all the industrial crap that washed |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. According to Ann Coulter, this will be good for the fish. |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think they'll be cleaning that up... n/t |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No, it will just diffuse out into the rest of the ocean and essentially vanish. n/t |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. except for the part of it that gets absorbed into fish, seaweed, etc. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yup - some dissolved radionuclides readily adsorb to sinking particles and accumulate in sediments |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yeah - they need to take measurements. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. US oceanographers did a pretty good job at mobilizing and deploying during that disaster |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I agree with that. The Japanese authorities have not been the model of transparency |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. What about the plankton? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yep. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Investigations of DNA sequences of whale meat sold in Japan clearly |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. For I-131 decay will take care of it in a matter of months. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. Nothing like some precise data then ... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It's hard to make sense of the reporting - today they said 1100 feet and 16 km from the plant |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. I-131 has a half life of 8 days. |
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