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FedUpWithIt All Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-11 01:43 AM
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# 0638: The Japanese government is warning of the risk of another reactor explosion at the Fukushima
Edited on Sun Mar-13-11 01:44 AM by FedUpWithIt All
From BBC

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0640: That's the No 3 reactor at risk of an explosion, AFP makes clear in an update.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

I hope this is mis-info.
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FedUpWithIt All Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-11 01:52 AM
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1. More:# 0650: Despite that risk of a second explosion, the government spokesman says reactor No 3...
Edited on Sun Mar-13-11 02:00 AM by FedUpWithIt All
could withstand a blast in the same way that reactor No 1 did.

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0656: Yukio Edano, the government spokesman who's been giving regular updates to the press, tries to provide further reassurance by saying that the radioactivity so far released into the environment does not pose a threat to human health.

#
0658: But the government warns that the shutdown of several reactors may lead to an electricity shortage and force power outages.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-11 02:00 AM
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2. No, even I knew another explosion was possible.
What did Paradoxical say? "Pooling Hydrogen"? Boom.
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-11 02:02 AM
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4. Sounds like he might know what he is talking about. nt
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-11 02:02 AM
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3. Misleading info.
There may be an explosion like before from some water that collected below the rood of the container.

It will be a little irradiated and may blow, but this did not damage the vessels itself earlier and will not this time either, they expect.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-13-11 02:12 AM
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5. Yep. But they still have 160 glowy people.
Which is never a good thing.
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