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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Tue Dec 27, 2011, 05:07 PM Dec 2011

No-man's land attests to Japan's nuclear nightmare

No-man's land attests to Japan's nuclear nightmare

IWAKI, Japan (AP) -- Fukushima was just emerging from the snows of winter when the disaster hit - a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, the strongest in Japan's recorded history, followed by a tsunami.

The wall of water destroyed much of the northeastern coast on March 11. In the northeast region of Fukushima, a different disaster was brewing: Three reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant were melting down, irreparably damaged by the super tremor.

Now, as the snows are beginning to fall again, the government has announced the plant has attained a level of stability it is calling a "cold shutdown." As many as 3,000 workers - plumbers, engineers, technicians - stream into the facility each day.

The tsunami's destruction is still visible. Mangled trucks, flipped over by the wave, sit alongside the roads inside the complex, piles of rubble stand where the walls of the reactor structures crumbled and large pools of water still cover parts of the campus.

http://ap.stripes.com/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_INSIDE_THE_ZONE?SITE=DCSAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-27-11-58-23

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No-man's land attests to Japan's nuclear nightmare (Original Post) The Straight Story Dec 2011 OP
As obvious as the "destruction" may be, the true magnitude of damage is not so easy to hlthe2b Dec 2011 #1
We should send a "test" contingent of Republicans to the area Ezlivin Dec 2011 #2

hlthe2b

(101,713 posts)
1. As obvious as the "destruction" may be, the true magnitude of damage is not so easy to
Tue Dec 27, 2011, 05:23 PM
Dec 2011

discern. I wonder if we will ever know the truth of what happened and what has happened since. Not to mention the health implications.

Ezlivin

(8,153 posts)
2. We should send a "test" contingent of Republicans to the area
Tue Dec 27, 2011, 06:19 PM
Dec 2011

Since many—if not most—of them don't believe in science and think that prayer will solve everything (See: Rick Perry), they will be excellent subjects for research.

They can live there until we've collected enough data.

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