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MarkCorrigan said:
That's fair.

Sorry, I just got so used to thunder "Are we doomed yet? :(" posts that I replied as if you were him.
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understandable. i am not of that mindset, however. Probably largely thanks to the JREF, which is why I love this place :)

Learned a lot about nuclear reactors these past few days! Some very knowledgeable folks here...
 
My wife was just watching the guy from Tokyo Electric addressing a press conference.

Apparently he started mumbling some apologies and then didn't say very much more. People in the audience started yelling out, "We don't want to hear 'sorry!' we just want to hear the truth." and then, according to my wife, he lost his spirit.

Sorry if it sounds a bit cryptic.
 
Could it be that the radiation levels are much higher than before?

I think someone else may have put some good information about radiation leaks vs. background radiation before.

Here's a [bad] translation of a local news story:

According to NISA, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at the front gate of the point at 7:00 am sometimes, it was observed radiation microsievert 965 per hour. This amount "of radiation exposure for about half a year in nature, the amount of exposure in an hour" has been explained. But 31 minutes at 8:00 am in the same place, which rose to 8217 per hour microsievert.
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http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0315/TKY201103150075.html
 
BenBurch said:
NYT is saying that the recent explosion was in pressure suppression apparatus, and may have breeched containment.
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That would be very very bad, yes?

If it breached containment that means it might start venting?
 
angrysoba said:
Could it be that the radiation levels are much higher than before?

I think someone else may have put some good information about radiation leaks vs. background radiation before.

Here's a [bad] translation of a local news story:



http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0315/TKY201103150075.html
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The article gives a rate per hour, but a time to the nearest minute. It sounds like a peak reading on a meter rather than a dosage over an extended period.
 
MarkCorrigan said:
That would be very very bad, yes?

If it breached containment that means it might start venting?
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Yes. Not good. Might make the site itself a hazardous environment for months. Might require longer evacuations of nearby population.

Gas will largely be short half-life radionuclides, though, so long term impact of simply venting should be fairly small.

I would not want to be on site right now for more than an hour or two.
 
Law enforcement in hawaii is claiming that radioactive clouds are coming to hawaii in two days and law enforcement is to be wearing NBC suits

This isnt public info but I'm spilling what I heard

Is there any chance of truth to this?
 
Apparently, at least 2000 deaths are the result of the problems at Fukushima*. From the L.A. Times:
Japan nuclear plant rocked by another explosion
A buildup of hydrogen gas causes another explosion, destroying the outer shell of a reactor at the quake-damaged Fukushima No. 1 plant. The blast comes after the pumping of seawater stalled, exposing the fuel rods to air and increasing the risk of radiation being released. Death toll continues to rise as 2,000 bodies are found in a single province.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-quake-20110315,0,2212206.story

*No, of course I don't believe this. I realize that they are deliberately conflating stories.
 
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pipelineaudio said:
Law enforcement in hawaii is claiming that radioactive clouds are coming to hawaii in two days and law enforcement is to be wearing NBC suits

This isnt public info but I'm spilling what I heard

Is there any chance of truth to this?
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Winds would not be likely to do that.

The Gyre would take the gas NE towards the Aleutians and then down the Pacific coast before heading back towards Hawaii. By which time there would be no danger at all. (No danger at all 100 km away, really.)
 
The Yomiuri's reporting it too.

Essentially at the gates of the power station it is up to 8217 microsieverts (or whatever) after the explosion at 6:10AM today. As revealed by Tokyo Electic.

福島第一原発の正門付近の放射線量は１５日午前、制限値の約１６倍となる１時間あたり８２１７マイクロシーベルトを観測した。

　同原発２号機では、１５日午前６時１０分ごろに爆発音があった。東京電力などが明らかにした。
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BenBurch said:
Winds would not be likely to do that.

The Gyre would take the gas NE towards the Aleutians and then down the Pacific coast before heading back towards Hawaii. By which time there would be no danger at all. (No danger at all 100 km away, really.)
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Because of the source of the info, my family is rather panicked...and I as you can tell am extremely pro nuclear, so I dont want to freak anyone, but they heard it first
 
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