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Earthquake/tsunami in Tohoku, North East Japan (11th March 2011)


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More please!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HrO2H4Sraw   You'd think they might put in some of the overly loud throat noises and he would do a big "ahhhhhhhhhh" at the end. Come on, where's th

hi Echi, I'm really sorry for your loss and the heartbreak of 1 person still unnaccounted for, please don't take our joking to be making light of the terrible situation up there, its a response to the fear mongering Western Media that drove many previously sane people to flee by describing Tokyo and the rest of Japan as going to be a burned out, Nuclear Desert.

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Originally Posted By: Karnidge
So is this grey smoke a good thing then?

eyes


who knows?
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Grayish smoke seen billowing from Fukushima No. 3 reactor building
TOKYO, March 21, Kyodo

Grayish smoke was seen billowing from a building that houses the No. 3 reactor of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station on Monday, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

After the smoke was spotted at the southeast of the building around 3:55 p.m., TEPCO said it had temporarily evacuated its workers from the site as it assessed the situation.

The amount of smoke later decreased, TEPCO added.

Following a magnitude 9.0 quake and ensuing tsunami on March 11, cooling functions of the No. 3 reactor were lost and its core is believed to have partially melted.

At present, coolant water is pumped into the reactor and a pool for spent nuclear fuel. The roof and upper walls of the building that houses the No. 3 reactor were blown off by a hydrogen explosion last week.

On Sunday, pressure in the No. 3 reactor's containment vessel temporarily rose, but it later stabilized.


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Originally Posted By: @tokyo
That geiger counter page thing is showing a bit of an increase.

What is an "alarming" rise? Just now it's a steady and slight going up...

 

25cpm is about 0.25uSv, which is normal levels. I would say, if it got to 100, and stayed above 100 for a prolonger time, then it would be worrying.

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Originally Posted By: MummySkier
Originally Posted By: pie-eater
Dear God.

Or whoever.

Can you please give Japan a break? Like, now.

Cheers.

pie-eater


Absolutely.


Most definitely.
Where is this God dude anyway?
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Originally Posted By: RobBright
And the gradual, sorry, very slight rise, could be because of the rain.


It has been increasing today. Why would rain account for that, can you explain? Is that what they are saying?
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