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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
"bob haller" wrote in message ... i sure hope this map is wrong http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/438/fallout.jpg What bothers me about the map is the radiation doesn't dissipate very fast. I don't know how much if any was released, it may be small, but whatever amount, it's headed for the US northwest coast and in a big hurry! Northwest Pacific infrared loop http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/nwpac/loop-ir2.html Northwest Pacific rainbow color infrared loop http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/nwpac/loop-rb.html NHC Latest satellite imagery http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.shtml |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
"Jonathan" wrote in message ... Putting the first two loops below together, looks like all of California and north might be a fallout zone. And in a lot less than ten days it look like. Northwest Pacific infrared loop http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/mtsat/nwpac/loop-ir2.html Northeast Pacific infrared loop http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/nepac/loop-avn.html ................. NHC Latest satellite imagery http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.shtml |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
On Mar 12, 11:51*am, bob haller wrote:
On Mar 12, 2:40*pm, Brad Guth wrote: On Mar 12, 11:11*am, bob haller wrote: On Mar 12, 2:07*pm, Brad Guth wrote: On Mar 12, 10:57*am, bob haller wrote: On Mar 12, 1:43*pm, Brad Guth wrote: On Mar 12, 7:38*am, "Jonathan" wrote: Look at this explosion at *47 seconds into the video. A violent hydrogen explosion, demolishing such a heavily reinforced containment building, must have been the result of a badly overheated reactor. Japan claims the reactor is intact. But that large of an explosion could have caused all kinds of damage and leaks that have yet to be found, or admitted by the Japanese govt. Japan Nuclear Reactor EXPLOSION Fukushima Meltdownhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvC4WQrQwTs Japan Nuclear Fallout Map? *(gulp)http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/438/fallout.jpg Fukushima overhead viewhttp://everist.org/pics/misc/fukushima_worse.png Japan is reporting the prevailing winds are out to sea. They've already evacuated 300,000 from the area. And Fukushima #1 is one of the largest 25 reactors in the world. And was built ...way back..in 1970. The first reactor built by it's builder. s That kind of reactor coolant dispersed radiation is certainly bad news, especially downwind of those secondary spent fuel elements like plutonium, but it's not likely to be quite as bad off as it could be. Most of that reactor core will manage to burn its way through the foundation of its containment, and due to gravity it'll eventually sink out of sight without another steam explosion unless water is added. There’s a good chance that their primary containment vessel is either badly damaged or nearly worthless. (it’s certainly no longer a sealed containment) However, this could get a whole lot worse, if any storm(s) or odd weather brings any of that nasty cloud of radioactive steam/vapor back towards land, they may have no option but to abandon ship (so to speak). Unfortunately, the ongoing ocean contamination until that containment burn-through and its fuel sinking into the bedrock/crust of Earth may take months, or possibly years before it’s 100% nullified. *On it’s way into the crust/bedrock, there will be geothermal and radioactive fuel saturated vapor explosions as that extremely hot core of mostly uranium continues to interact with ground water or whatever artificial coolant seawater getting pumped down the hole that’s melting its way through basalt, and that superheated steam transported radiation will likely become atmospheric and downwind nasty. *The local and global cleanup cost to Japan should only be a few trillion dollars per year, and with 128 million should only cost each and every person $10,000/ year once the bulk of those damaged reactors are nullified. The good corporate news for other Big Energy, is this makes their BP blowout fiasco seem woefully insignificant, and their oil as well as coal worth even more. *Other than that, Japan has just put itself into a no-win foreclosure, unless their rich and powerful start forking out tens of billions per month. Again, where and why were all those radon gas detections of pending earthquakes kept secret or ignored? *http://translate.google.com/# *Brad Guth, Brad_Guth, Brad.Guth, BradGuth, BG / “Guth Usenet”- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - scientists treport nuke plants worldwide arent built to survive 8 and 9 earthquakes since they are so rare, and would cost so much to build they wouldnt be cost effective so entually a big one hits. They are now pumping sea water to try and cool the core. Will a big chunk of japan end up resembling this? http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-revisited/ Perhaps not nearly as bad as Chernobyl, unless another core goes postal. Backup cooling systems shouldn't have failed, nor having been so poorly configured in the first place. *Seawater cooling is their last resort, though really bad for the fish and anything else that survives in the ocean. Why weren't the neutralizing control rods automatically inserted? Were these reactors being operated and maintained by monkeys? *http://translate.google.com/# *Brad Guth, Brad_Guth, Brad.Guth, BradGuth, BG / “Guth Usenet”- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - wonder if fred j mc call will ever post here again? he spent so much time posting about how safe nuke power is..... well was. the main power failed and the backup generators started but failed because of eartquake damage...... and heres the fallout maphttp://www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-revisited/ There are safer reactors and obviously better protected backup systems for cooling. *However, nothing beats the failsafe nature of a reactor that's fueled by thorium. As is, looks like the next upgrade for Japan's nuclear energy will have to be rated to survive a 9.5, such as putting it on a very large floating platform that can be towed out to sea and sunk in the deepest trench would do the trick. *http://translate.google.com/# *Brad Guth, Brad_Guth, Brad.Guth, BradGuth, BG / “Guth Usenet”- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I doubt that would help, theres a theory that seems possible since the offical looking fallout map shows fatal levels of radiation in the western US in about 10 days. The reactor exploded freeing much of its fuel which burned and is now in the atmosphere. When chernobyl disaster occured only a tiny fraction of the core burned, 95% of the fuel is still on site covered by that concrete scarphous, however thats spelled. so this accident can be far far worse. If its true and a fatal cloud is coming to the western US there will be mass ghaos as never seen before. i sure hope this map is wrong http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/438/fallout.jpg That's a worse possible case event whereas the fuel is literally exploded and vaporized into the atmosphere. I don't believe there's any chance of that happening, and there's not even enough fuel to cover that much of our part of Earth with such a lethal dosage anyway, that is unless all 4 reactors go thermonuclear and those winds remain exactly right. However, 1% of that dosage could become highly problematic. http://translate.google.com/# Brad Guth, Brad_Guth, Brad.Guth, BradGuth, BG / “Guth Usenet” |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
On Mar 12, 10:38*am, "Jonathan" wrote:
Look at this explosion at *47 seconds into the video. A violent hydrogen explosion, demolishing such a heavily reinforced containment building, must have been the result of a badly overheated reactor. Japan claims the reactor is intact. But that large of an explosion could have caused all kinds of damage and leaks that have yet to be found, or admitted by the Japanese govt. Japan Nuclear Reactor EXPLOSION Fukushima Meltdownhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvC4WQrQwTs Battle to stabilise earthquake reactors 12 March 2011. UPDATE 6: 10.15 am GMT "Three of Fukushima Daiichi's six reactors were in operation when yesterday's quake hit, at which point they shut down automatically and commenced removal of residual heat with the help of emergency diesel generators. These suddenly stopped about an hour later, and this has been put down to tsunami flooding by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "The loss of the diesels led the plant owners Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to immediately notify the government of a technical emergency situation, which allows officials to take additional precautionary measures. Even now, the primary focus of work at the site remains to connect enough portable power modules to fully replace the diesels and enable the full operation of cooling systems." http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS...1203111 .html If the main problem is just getting enough portable power there then there are portable gas turbine generators capable of putting out 10's of megawatts. You could also use the power from a nuclear aircraft carrier at a power range of 200 megawatts, though there might concern about bringing it off shore in a zone subject to tsunamis. Bob Clark |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
On 13/03/2011 2:38 AM, Jonathan wrote:
Look at this explosion at 47 seconds into the video. A violent hydrogen explosion, demolishing such a heavily reinforced containment building, must have been the result of a badly overheated reactor. A claim that appears to be wrong in almost every detail. Sadly, a public perception that the reactor suffered a catastrophic meltdown will probably persist, and spoil the chances of nuclear reactors being built in the future. Since power is still required, coal will be used instead. Sylvia, |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... | On 13/03/2011 2:38 AM, Jonathan wrote: | Look at this explosion at 47 seconds into the video. | A violent hydrogen explosion, demolishing such a | heavily reinforced containment building, must have | been the result of a badly overheated reactor. | | A claim that appears to be wrong in almost every detail. | | Sadly, a public perception that the reactor suffered a catastrophic | meltdown will probably persist, and spoil the chances of nuclear | reactors being built in the future. Since power is still required, coal | will be used instead. | The reactor suffered a catastrophic earthquake in a region known to be prone to catastrophic earthquakes. And where did this "hydrogen" come from to produce a chemical reaction with oxygen, rather than high pressure steam? Hype hype hype hydrogen bad, hydrogen bombs and Hindenbergs. Green good. An earthquake is going to hit Los Angeles. Are they rushing to leave? No, of course not, they haven't been discovered as great movie stars yet. But when it does, please help, we need your money. Lots of money. |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
An earthquake is going to hit Los Angeles. Are they rushing to leave? No, of course not, they haven't been discovered as great movie stars yet. But when it does, please help, we need your money. Lots of money. Better hope the 30 foot sea wall protects the California coast nuclear reactor when the great waves come into shore from the big one off shore. The devil is in the details with type of disaster. Some designs are less dangerous than others. I won't say some are safer than others ;-)............rig |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
wrote in message ... | | An earthquake is going to hit Los Angeles. Are they rushing to leave? | No, of course not, they haven't been discovered as great movie stars | yet. But when it does, please help, we need your money. Lots of money. | | | Better hope the 30 foot sea wall protects the California coast | nuclear reactor when the great waves come into shore from | the big one off shore. | | The devil is in the details with type of disaster. | | Some designs are less dangerous than others. | I won't say some are safer than others ;-)............rig | Better hope the levies can protect New Orleans against Katrina... oh wait, they didn't. Too late, never mind. Still, Americans can always pray, they are good at that. Thank gawd I'm saved, and if I'm not then its gawd's will. Send money. |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan - a figment of an idiot's imagination
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Sylvia Else wrote: On 13/03/2011 2:38 AM, Jonathan wrote: Look at this explosion at 47 seconds into the video. A violent hydrogen explosion, demolishing such a heavily reinforced containment building, must have been the result of a badly overheated reactor. A claim that appears to be wrong in almost every detail. What do you expect from an idiot like Jonathan? |
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...Nuclear MELTDOWN in Japan, is US Threatened???
"Sylvia Else" wrote in message ... On 13/03/2011 2:38 AM, Jonathan wrote: Look at this explosion at 47 seconds into the video. A violent hydrogen explosion, demolishing such a heavily reinforced containment building, must have been the result of a badly overheated reactor. A claim that appears to be wrong in almost every detail. Sadly, a public perception that the reactor suffered a catastrophic meltdown will probably persist, and spoil the chances of nuclear reactors being built in the future. Since power is still required, coal will be used instead. TOKYO (Nikkei)--Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (9501) Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture may be experiencing a meltdown in the wake of Friday's massive earthquake, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday. The agency said cesium, a radioactive material produced by nuclear fission, was detected near the facility. Fuel rods were exposed to the air as the water level in the reactor fell, said one observer. http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110312D12JF423.htm Reports of problem at 2nd Japan nuclear reactor Posted by CBSNews.com staff "They are working furiously to find a solution to cool the core, and this afternoon in Europe we heard that they have begun to inject sea water into the core," said Mark Hibbs, a senior associate at the Nuclear Policy Program for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "That is an indication of how serious the problem is and how the Japanese had to resort to unusual and improvised solutions to cool the reactor core." http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_1...in;contentBody Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant One of the monitoring posts is also indicating higher than normal level."[30] At 13:30 JST, radioactive caesium-137 was detected near reactor 1, which indicates that the core had experienced a partial-meltdown. Kyodo News Service later reported that partial melting had occurred. In a press conference, a speaker of the Japanese nuclear authorities was translated to English as having said that a nuclear meltdown was in progress and that a pipe had burst at unit 1. However, the Japanese prime minister soon denied that a nuclear meltdown was in progress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushi...quake_event s I'm glad you're so confident about the safety of a reactor built in 1967 from a design dating to the 1950's. And you're confidence of the candor of Japanese public officials is also rather, well... quaint~ s Sylvia, |
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