Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 a natty little bow from the Tepco execs Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 They're very sorry, you know. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Only 'very' sorry? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Look at the page count on this thread, 115168. That's some going. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Originally Posted By: big-will Well, those fishermen have lost their means of doing business haven't they? Many people all over Japan are going to lose revenue because of this, but that's just business - not losing the tools with which to do it. Semantics Big-will, The Spring events that we count on for big business were all cancelled..I've lost my means for doing business. The hotel and ryokan business here in Ito is toast...no one is spending. However way you look at it.. a dying business as a result of 3/11 is still a dying business. Which leads me to.. Let's not confuse aid with compensation. Fishermen who have lost their boats requesting aid is fine but compensation??....that's one they need to take up with their insurance companies and god. TEPCO is responsible for a lot of things but the fishermans boats...isn't one of them. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 i think the whole scope of this is just so massive, we have some wires crossed. Which fishermen? The ones in Iwate etc who have been wiped out by tsunami? What aid or compensation? From the govt. or from Tepco? Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 OK so who actually is going to get compensation from who? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I think I should get compensation from you Hotrod....please make the billion yen cheque payable to Tubby Beaver, thanks Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Tubby....saisho a goo....janken poi..... Link to post Share on other sites
smostyn 1 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I am not a huge fan of people trying ot get compensation for this type of thing, although its easy for me to say that as I am sitting on the Gold Coast, well away from it all. I remember after 9/11 there was a massive outcry at the architects of the twin towers. There was a big investigation why they collapsed. They stated that the wrong steel was used and the wrong type of concrete. Umm no, the reality is because some morons flew a couple of fully laden air liners into them. The building would still be standing today if that hadent happened. Don’t blame the steel, blame the idiots who flew the planes! This is not Tepco’s fault, it was the Tsunami and the earthquakes that have caused this. In my opinion, we shouldn’t lose sight of that. Why do we need to blame someone? Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Originally Posted By: smostyn Why do we need to blame someone? Humans. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I blame you Smotsyn Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 You're just bitter you didn't get compensated! Link to post Share on other sites
smostyn 1 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Damn, I was just starting to like your posts TB Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 ok....I blame Bags as well Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Been three shindo 4 shakers today. We can do without the quakes getting genki again please. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Originally Posted By: smostyn This is not Tepco’s fault, it was the Tsunami and the earthquakes that have caused this. In my opinion, we shouldn’t lose sight of that. Why do we need to blame someone? Wow, some common sense has finally come through! Couldn't agree with your more, well except for the earthquakes, so many people are saying that this nuclear disaster proves that nuclear power is dangerous. Christ, people seem to forget that a 10m tsunami hit a power plant, how often does the world see 10m tsunamis?! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Obviously, it's all Robs fault! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Originally Posted By: grungy-gonads Obviously, it's all Robs fault! I expect some compensation, too. Should be no problem for Rob...he's been overcompensating for years... Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Drip, drip, drip. In so many ways .... The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said fuel rods in two more reactors were likely to have suffered a meltdown soon after they were crippled by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in north-east Japan. Confirmation by Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) that fuel in the cores of reactors 2 and 3 had melted came days after new data confirmed a similar meltdown in reactor 1 about 16 hours after the disaster. The utility, which last week suffered the biggest annual loss by any Japanese firm outside the financial sector, said most of the melted fuel in all three reactors was covered in water and did not threaten to compound the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. The temperature of the fuel rods, which are believed to have melted and settled at the bottom of flooded reactor pressure vessels, remained well below dangerous levels, the company said. "It is unlikely that the meltdowns will worsen the crisis because the melted fuel is covered in water," said a Tepco spokesman, Takeo Iwamoto. It said the fuel rods in the reactors 2 and 3 had started melting two to three days after the earthquake and tsunami, which knocked out vital cooling systems. Tepco officials repeated their insistence that the reactors had been crippled by the waves, but speculation has mounted in recent days that the quake itself had been responsible, casting doubt on Tepco's claims that the plant was able to withstand even the most violent seismic shifts. Tepco said it had been unable to confirm the meltdowns until it had finished analysing data, but Koichi Nakano, a political science professor at Sophia University, suggested the revelation was timed to minimise its impact on the public. "In the early stages of the crisis Tepco may have wanted to avoid panic," he told Reuters. "Now people are used to the situation … nothing is resolved, but normal business has resumed in places like Tokyo." Tepco's handling of the crisis will come under closer scrutiny with the arrival in Tokyo of a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The United Nations nuclear inspectors will visit the Fukushima plant and present their findings at a meeting of ministers from IAEA member-states on 20 June. Tepco has suffered recent setbacks that may derail attempts to bring the plant under control in the next six to nine months, the deadline the firm announced just over a month ago. On Monday, it said makeshift containers being used to store tens of thousands of tonnes of contaminated water were almost full. The company has yet to complete a system to reprocess the water for reuse in the reactors, raising fears that contaminated liquid could leak into the sea. A Tepco spokesman said dealing with contaminated water that has gathered in reactor buildings and trenches could take until the end of the year, adding that the volume of water being used to cool the damaged reactors could rise to about 200,000 tonnes. Tepco is working with the French nuclear engineering firm Areva to reprocess the water. Japan's shift towards renewable energy, meanwhile, is expected to gather momentum later this week. The prime minister, Naoto Kan, will unveil plans at the G8 summit in Deauville, France, to require all new buildings to be fitted with solar panels by 2030, the Nikkei business newspaper said. Kan has already announced a comprehensive review of Japan's nuclear energy policy and ordered the temporary closure of an atomic plant in central Japan that is considered particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage. But he is also expected to tell G8 leaders that Japan will continue to use nuclear energy after making safety improvements. Some have criticised Kan and Tepco for failing to quickly release information about the extent of the damage at Fukushima Daiichi. "I am very sorry that the public doesn't trust the various disclosures the government has made about the accident," Kan told parliament. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 No fear, they are Very Sorry! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 AHHH!! Everything is much better now. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Kids, the new word is Melt-through, it seems. It's worse than meltdown. But don't worry though, they are very sorry. Next held-back bad news reveal due on Friday. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I recommend we all book ski holidays in Niseko and Hakuba (and pay in full up front of course). Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Originally Posted By: pie-eater I recommend we all book ski holidays in Niseko and Hakuba (and pay in full up front). Fukushima for me. Link to post Share on other sites
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