pie-eater 207 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 And I thought I had solved it! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 Still getting shakes down there? We are just getting little ones every now and again here, connected to that big Nagano/Niigata one this morning. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 BREAKING NEWS: Pressure successfully released from Fukushima No. 1 reactor: agency - Kyodo Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I believe the backup generators were on the sea side of the reactors and the tsunami damaged them. Although the reactors went automatically into shutdown mode there wasn't enough battery power to keep the coolant circulating without backup power from the generators. They've realeased pressure but of course this means releasing radiactive air and steam into the atmosphere. I wouldn't want to be downwind of there! Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Anyone know if there is a site with a list of names with the missing/dead? someone I know is trying to find out about missing people. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: norcal Anyone know if there is a site with a list of names with the missing/dead? someone I know is trying to find out about missing people. Thanks! http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en not sure if that helps. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Few small shakes For those in kanto, expect rolling blackouts every 3hra according o tepco and kyodo news. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 177 Posted March 13, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 13, 2011 Joetsu and Nagano Shinkansens are both back up and running I just heard. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 China TV is reporting an explosion in a Nuclear Plant. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 An explosion has been heard from a Japanese nuclear power plant hit by Friday's devastating earthquake. Reports said smoke was seen coming from the plant at Fukushima and several workers were injured. Japanese officials fear a meltdown at one of the plant's reactors after radioactive material was detected outside it. Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 An expert from the USGS has told CNN that the quake appears to have moved Japan's main island by 8 feet and shifted the world on its axis. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Didn't I see all that in that 2012 movie? Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Perhaps it should have been called 2011. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 My wife still can't locate friends in Sendai, Minami Soma or Hachinohe...not good. Link to post Share on other sites
smostyn 1 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 "No Chernobyl is possible at a light water reactor. Loss of coolant means a temperature rise, but it also will stop the reaction," Naoto Sekimura, a professor at the University of Tokyo, says." The only "good" news I have read in the last couple of days. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Has she used google person finder? http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/?lang=en Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Explosion at the plant......NOT a Nuclear one apparently so any radiation is localised Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 source? Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 1016: The BBC's environment correspondent Roger Harrabin says he understands the blast at the nuclear plant may have been caused by a hydrogen explosion - also one of the possibilities laid out by Walt Patterson of Chatham House. "If nuclear fuel rods overheat and then come into contact with water, this produces a large amount of highly-flammable hydrogen gas which can then ignite," our correspondent says.1011: More from Walt Patterson of Chatham House. He says the presence of the radioactive caesium in the surrounding area does not pose a huge threat to public health in the immediate aftermath of the explosion. "What would be serious is if there was an explosion or fire that lifted this stuff high in the air, meaning it could get carried over a wide area." Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Which news do people watch? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I usually find choosing the one with the most attractive lady presenters to be a good way to go. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 A nuclear expert says the a blast at Fukushima plant No 1 was caused by a hydrogen explosion. Ian Hore-Lacy, of nuclear industry body the World Nuclear Association, also said the blast may not necessarily have caused a radiation leak. He told Reuters: "It is obviously an hydrogen explosion ... due to hydrogen igniting. If the hydrogen has ignited, then it is gone, it doesn't pose any further threat. As far as we know there is no particular danger from radiation leaks. There may be, but we don't know that. There is no reason to suppose that there must be because of that." Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 power plant explosion Link to post Share on other sites
Error404 0 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 The death toll from the quake is now estimated to be more than 1,700, according to Koyodo News. Link to post Share on other sites
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