Japan - 8.9-mag earthquake

[coolness]

It is nothing compared to Chernobyl. In Chernobyl the nuclear core collapsed. This is entirely different, what happened here is that the roof of the station fell down, thus there is indeed a leak that increases radioactivity, but it cannot spread.

if it gets hot and blows up then that's a problem.

i hope it doesn't

oh this is all so terrible

When put on stasis the temperature of a nuclear core is unlikely to change before years

so what hapens when that nuke explodes?

 

[Stevetry]

It is nothing compared to Chernobyl. In Chernobyl the nuclear core collapsed. This is entirely different, what happened here is that the roof of the station fell down, thus there is indeed a leak that increases radioactivity, but it cannot spread.

if it gets hot and blows up then that's a problem.

i hope it doesn't

oh this is all so terrible

When put on stasis the temperature of a nuclear core is unlikely to change before years

so what hapens when that nuke explodes?

dude nuclear plants are not nuclear bombs

 

[coolness]

It is nothing compared to Chernobyl. In Chernobyl the nuclear core collapsed. This is entirely different, what happened here is that the roof of the station fell down, thus there is indeed a leak that increases radioactivity, but it cannot spread.

if it gets hot and blows up then that's a problem.

i hope it doesn't

oh this is all so terrible

When put on stasis the temperature of a nuclear core is unlikely to change before years

so what hapens when that nuke explodes?

dude nuclear plants are not nuclear bombs

lol misread xd

 

[ibis_87]

I've read a cooment by a prominent Russian nuclear physicist and he is sure there can be nothing like Chernobyl in Fukushima-1. I DO hope he's right. I'm not too good at physics, but he said something about the abscence of graphite inside the Fukushima reactor and that there was nothing to burn. Something along these lines.

 

[Splych]

*sigh* when will this end? why to japan? why?

it'll end when the plates stop shifting .
japan is one of the many hot spots for an Earthquake to occur . we haven't learned about it yet in class, but i decided to do advanced research on it rather than waiting to learn about it in Geography .

Japan is part of the "Pacific Ring of Fire" . here , results many of the earthquakes and volcanoes because of plates shifting on the earth .
if you're too lazy to go to the link , here's a pic. to illustrate the plates that are affected :

Source: The Globe and Mail

 

[Eckin]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-qu...beforeafter.htm

interesting site, pictures of before and after the event

 

[Infinite Zero]

I pray my relatives in Ibaraki are safe.

 

[Vigilante]

Hey guys update:10000+ people in Japan died NEWS LINK

 

[Zorua]

Hey guys update:10000+ people in Japan died NEWS LINK

This is bad. It was initially estimated to be something above 1000 but 10000 is just horrible. I pray that no more casualties happen.

 

[shakirmoledina]

no matter how much we talk about it, there is no limit to describe the trouble they are facing now. I feel an earthquake of this magnitude is too much and very close to the shore. Is it is planned?

 

[Wizerzak]

Hey guys update:10000+ people in Japan died NEWS LINK

that's 10000 missing not dead. It's very hard to account for everyone in a crisis like this. Yes, amany people will be dead, but that figure is just an estimate of those missing.

 

[Pong20302000]

Moments ago another cooler just failed on another nucular plant

inbetween Tyoko & Fukushima

not good at all

Tokia Reactor Number 2

 

[trumpet-205]

Moments ago another cooler just failed on another nucular plant

inbetween Tyoko & Fukushima

not good at all

Tokia Reactor Number 2

Correction. Is Tokai NPP. There are six reactors in 3 NPP that are in danger of partial meltdown.

Tokai NPP - Unit #2
Fukushima 1 NPP - Unit #1, #3
Fukushima 2 NPP - Unit #1, #2, #4

BTW, all the reactors in trouble are BWR (Boilling water reactor), there is no PWR among these reactors.

 

[redfalcon]

del.

 

[Splych]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-qu...beforeafter.htm

interesting site, pictures of before and after the event

woah . . .
the agriculture , the buildings , their sources of water ; all are depleted and destroyed .
Japan will have a hard time recovering from this earthquake . i heard on the news China decided to send some help over to Japan , which is great since apparently before , they've had some sort of conflict between each other .