Explosion at Japanese nuclear plant

[Kamandi]

Edit: Last night the news outlets were reporting a meltdown. This morning it looks like that may not be the case. Still a very serious situation. There is discussion of using sea water to cool the reactor.

"Officials say the container housing the reactor was not damaged and radiation levels have now fallen. Tens of thousands of people in the surrounding area have been urged to evacuate" -- BBC

Some actual experts share their thoughts in this article:
https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-japan-quake-experts-idUSTRE72B1BP20110312

I hope Japan dodges the bullet on this one.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

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[EVILFACE]

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Sucks to be them, even more.

 

[King Darkness]

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Holy shat

End of the world......coming soon

 

[CelticPredator]

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There goes Tokyo....

 

[jrice73]

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That's got to be a massive radioactive cloud.

 

[plasmid303]

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As of this post, a meltdown has not officially been confirmed by any authority (the prime minister or any supervisor from the Daiichi plant), so news outlets are jumping the gun. That doesn't ruleout the possibility that the explosion that just happened is linkEd to the containment walls, but that hasn't been confirmed yet either.

 

[King Darkness]

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[EVILFACE]

Re: Nuclear meltdown at Japanese plant

As of this post, a meltdown has not officially been confirmed by any authority (the prime minister or any supervisor from the Daiichi plant), so news outlets are jumping the gun. That doesn't ruleout the possibility that the explosion that just happened is linkEd to the containment walls, but that hasn't been confirmed yet either.

Yup. A explosion and cloud coming from a nuclear plant in a place that was hit with a couple 8.8 quakes adn tsunami is nothing to worry about.

 

[ShadowX81]

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That's got to be a massive radioactive cloud.

More likely its water vapor from the water usually used to cool the reactor.

 

[plasmid303]

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Yup. A explosion and cloud coming from a nuclear plant in a place that was hit with a couple 8.8 quakes adn tsunami is nothing to worry about.

Of course it's something to worry about. An giant explosion at any industrial plant is something to worry about. I'm just saying that it's a bit early to start blowing things out of proportion, is all.

 

[devilof76]

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All I know is that the footage of the tsunami I saw Thursday night didn't seem as bad as it did when I saw it Friday morning, and everytime I see that explosion, it seems worse than it did the first time I saw it.

 

[jrice73]

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All I know is that the footage of the tsunami I saw Thursday night didn't seem as bad as it did when I saw it Friday morning, and everytime I see that explosion, it seems worse than it did the first time I saw it.

Agreed. Basically, they need to start moving people further and further away from these plants. That should be priority number one. Unfortunately, it's an earthquake/tsunami disaster zone with all the complications on evacuations that entails.

 

[plasmid303]

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Yeah okay Reuters just reported that Japan's Chief Cabinet secretary confirms a radiation leak at the plant. It's hard to believe that hasn't happened now.


I need some sleep. Hopefully when I wake up later things won't get out of hand.

 

[jrice73]

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Reports suggest that the roof got blown off the reactor and the reactor walls have crumbled. Not good.

 

[user 1190]

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Meltdown? All I have seen is a explosion at the building that houses the reactor but not the metal housing the reactor.

 

[sprig0701]

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Agreed. Basically, they need to start moving people further and further away from these plants. That should be priority number one. Unfortunately, it's an earthquake/tsunami disaster zone with all the complications on evacuations that entails.

Yeah, but unlike the Russians with Chernobyl, Japan is completely cramped for space to begin with. Them evacuating the vicinity of that reactor is a major issue.

 

[Kamandi]

I did an edit to the first article since what is being reported this morning suggests it's not an actual meltdown.