Honshu, Japan Earthquake & Tsunami - March 2011 (15 Viewers)

[ALC]

But more the question is what. If it's cesium-137 we're talking about, yeah -- that 30-year half life is a concern. The rest of the radioactive byproducts aren't so much of a concern for either strength dissipation over distance or half-life that's only a day or so.



Throw in parts of Indiana and we can take down everyone off DST.



Err, they've been having 6.0+ magnitude aftershocks about every 1-12 hours since then.

My physics teacher was talking about this movie called "Pu 237" today. It's about some guy who got exposed to radiation and could radiate that shit to others.

FUN FACT, it takes 200 years for cesium to drop to 1 percent.

 

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[RAMI-N]

Reuters Top News
FLASH: Earthquake shakes buildings in Tokyo -witnesses

:wth:

 

[Bjerknes]

Explosion in the pressure containment area at the Fukushima reactor 2, which contains radioactive substances and water, including Cesium. Last line of defense for the reactor. "Could be worse case scenario for nuclear reactors in Japan."

TEPCO: Vapor observed at Fukushima Daiichi reactor 3, but we can't confirm what this vapor is.

- NHK World

Winds coming from the North, by the way. Fukushima is NNE of Tokyo.

 

[Bjerknes]

NHK feed for those who haven't seen it.

http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=3

Fucking surreal.

 

[Bjerknes]

BREAKING NEWS: TEPCO admits possibility of meltdown at Fukushima reactors (09:29)

FLASH: Fukushima's No. 2 reactor container damaged, radiation leak feared (09:41)

http://www.kyodonews.jp/english/

 

[Bjerknes]

NIKKEI Index in Tokyo is in full meltdown as well.

Taking off 12% in two days. Sheesh.

 

[ALC]

I really hope they recover from this, it'd be a shame for Japan to fall.

 

[Bjerknes]

This shit is going supercritical now, soon to be below 9000 on the Nikkei. Fuuuuuck.

 

[WΏΏdy?]

 

[Bjerknes]

The Prime Minister to address the nation at the top of the hour.

 

[Bjerknes]

NBC News: Japanese Nuclear Disaster now second worst ever, second to Chernobyl, surpasses Three Mile Island accident (in my neck of the woods, btw)

 

[Bjerknes]

It's very interesting to listen to the translation of these press conferences given the PM of Japan and his subordinates. At the end of some of them, they usually say something like, "sorry for the inconvenience."

That may seem very arrogant compared to what I'm familiar with here in the states. But I assume that in their culture such a sentence is quite different.

 

[Bjerknes]

NHK: Fire at reactor number 4. Now four reactors compromised.

 

[Bjerknes]

Apparently, not sure about this though, there is no core in reactor 4. Only spent fuel.

 

[swag]

These guys are just as bad as birthers. What a bunch of f*#$tards.

 

[Bjerknes]

NIKKEI Futures crashing. Down almost 11% at one point.

 

[Bjerknes]

E-mini S&P 500 futures down hard, too. Even if the fallout from the reactors won't reach the US, the market contagion sure is.

 

[Zé Tahir]

NBC News: Japanese Nuclear Disaster now second worst ever, second to Chernobyl, surpasses Three Mile Island accident (in my neck of the woods, btw)

That's weird. On NPR some expert lady said it's no where near as bad as those two

 

[Zé Tahir]

NBC News: Japanese Nuclear Disaster now second worst ever, second to Chernobyl, surpasses Three Mile Island accident (in my neck of the woods, btw)

That's weird. On NPR some expert lady said it's no where near as bad as those two

 

[Bjerknes]

BREAKING NEWS: Hydrogen explosion occurs at Fukushima No. 4 reactor (11:53)

BREAKING NEWS: Fire at No.4 reactor apparently put out: Tokyo Electric (12:04)


From Kyodo