MSNBC is stating that the evacuation area has been expanded due to radiation surging outside of the plant. No story yet though, just their "breaking news" banner. They might have some serious issues at that plant.
They are releasing pressure because the reactor is about to blow up, ya, that would attract my attention. I heard the pressure inside is already 1.5 time the designed limit.
MSNBC is stating that the evacuation area has been expanded due to radiation surging outside of the plant. No story yet though, just their "breaking news" banner. They might have some serious issues at that plant.
Right, because the words of some freakin off the deep end loonie on the internet is more intelligent and more efficient than the NOAA experts constantly monitoring the crust of the earth every single second of every day.
There are no serious issues yet. The United States has enough time to gather and prep coolant for shipping, load it onto a plane, and fly 20 hours or something over there to help replenish their coolant stock.
The 1.8 mile radius evacuation is to prevent complications with the gas they're going to release to help keep the temperature down.
It's 1.5 times the normal rate, not 1.5 times the maximum rating the facilities can handle.
Hype, people. Don't be dumbasses.
"It looks very serious. Obviously we do not know exactly what is going on but evacuating people is normally only a matter of last resort when there is only one containment layer left to be breached," said John Large, a member of the British Nuclear Engineering Society and a fellow of the Royal Society.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/japan-earthquake-evacuate-nuclear-plantThese systems appear to have successfully shut down the affected reactors. Modern western reactors, including those planned for the UK, are already designed to withstand significant seismic events.
Oh, I don't know much about nuclear plants, I was just going off what some nuclear engineer stated in the article.
But they did mention later in the article that reactors look to be shut down now.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/japan-earthquake-evacuate-nuclear-plant
There are no serious issues yet. The United States has enough time to gather and prep coolant for shipping, load it onto a plane, and fly 20 hours or something over there to help replenish their coolant stock.
The 1.8 mile radius evacuation is to prevent complications with the gas they're going to release to help keep the temperature down.
It's 1.5 times the normal rate, not 1.5 times the maximum rating the facilities can handle.
Hype, people. Don't be dumbasses.
The media frenzy over this is sickening. It's pure hyperbole and scare tactics. 1000 times normal level is still harmless unless you're bathing in it for days.
Just got back from the beach across from my condo... The water is still surging in and out about 200'.
I'll post pics in a little bit. All the rocks and coral were completely exposed. Now the beach is covered in water. It's done this a few times now.
Look at those buildings sway in Tokyo! Their building code works. Great engineering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhJzdtzl6KY
I didn't see any mention of what "normal" is.
It's impressive too to see how much we've learned about stuff like that. If you try to make the building entirely rigid, it's going to be more brittle, so that when it finally does fail, it's going to be sudden and total. If it can sway and move, that motion goes into stretching the material, which can then spring back to its original shape; the energy is simply dissipated as heat.Wow indeed. I know they are built to sway in the wind and during earthquakes but to see it like that is just something else!
I didn't see any mention of what "normal" is.
1000x the level of "really insanely low" might then be "only slightly insanely low."
It's impressive too to see how much we've learned about stuff like that. If you try to make the building entirely rigid, it's going to be more brittle, so that when it finally does fail, it's going to be sudden and total. If it can sway and move, that motion goes into stretching the material, which can then spring back to its original shape; the energy is simply dissipated as heat.
A similarly weird video I saw showed a long corridor on a large tanker ship in rough seas. The whole thing deformed and twisted in nearly all directions.
Wow even now? Isn't this many many hours after the tsunami should have passed Hawaii? Sound like it looked dramatic even if non destructive.
A tsunami just like a earthquake, it isn't a one time deal, new surges keep hitting long after the big one.
I guess he should have listened to the warnings
[5:15 p.m. ET, 7:15 a.m. Tokyo] A 25-year-old man who was washed out to sea while trying to photograph the tsunami in northern California was confirmed dead Friday, according to Del Norte, California, authorities.
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Wow even now? Isn't this many many hours after the tsunami should have passed Hawaii? Sound like it looked dramatic even if non destructive.
A tsunami just like a earthquake, it isn't a one time deal, new surges keep hitting long after the big one.