Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Man_In_Japan http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110809p2g00m0dm008000c.html ah....OUTSIDE the 20km zone......got it a wee bit wrong, but still didn't think it had improved as much as that...cheers Man! Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I wasnt really meaning you, specifically TB. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 ok, just checking! Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Does look like they are going to discuss relaxing the 20km zone. I hope that is based on real confidence that it is a good idea to do so and has nothing to do with looking good. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 My superficial understanding is that so far they are only talking about relaxing restrictions on areas that did not receive a high dose to begin with. Idea being that the risk of further releases is lower now. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Thats basically it, I think. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 That looks like the documentary I saw a few weeks after it happened here in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Fukushima got a 5å¼± just before. Felt it here in Yamanashi. Gambare Fukushima folk! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps That looks like the documentary I saw a few weeks after it happened here in the UK. Tis a fantastic documentary. Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 That was a good documentary. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Japans coast lies in ruins. Japanese infrastructure torn to pieces. A bit dramatic isn't it, sounding like the whole of Japan was torn up. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Further to that documentary, it is emerging that the nuclear plant did not survive the earthquake "intact". http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...wn-2338819.html Though it mightn't matter any more for Fukushima, it does for the other nuclear sites around the country. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Tepco: The Dark Empire sounds interesting! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 Interesting and yes they could have been a bit clearer on that destruction thing I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 is it just us in Japan that isn't getting the "Japanese Food Chain Contaminated" information?? AFAIK the Fukushima products and the tea in Shizuoka and a few other green leaf veggies were found and stopped from being sold to the public......has that been changed? Is there widespread contamination of Japan's food? Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Some cameraman with his images and comments from Fukushima Daiichi http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/aug/20/fukushima-interactive-guide Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 That one the other day seems to have been reported back in the UK as a few people have sent mails "everything ok"? Strange what they do and don't report. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Got asked that as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Top news on NHK9 tonight is that lots of childrens playing area with sand pits in the Tokyo are are being closed and more closing as time goes on because of radiation fears. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: Curt Top news on NHK9 tonight is that lots of childrens playing area with sand pits in the Tokyo are are being closed and more closing as time goes on because of radiation fears. Didn't tune in in time. Were the sandboxes being closed due to measured readings, or just due to fears? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Measured readings were too high. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 But the jist also seemed to be that there was no agreement on what was 'safe' readings and what was not. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I see there has been a fairly strong quake in eastern US, where they don't seem to expect such big ones. Quote: Did you know that New York City sits less than 25 miles away from an active nuclear power plant? And that that same power plant sits just a mile south of an active seismic zone that's considered capable of causing a 6M earthquake? That's when things get apocalyptic. The Indian Point nuclear plant, located just north of Manhattan, has provided power to Westchester County and the city itself for decades without incident. But while its operators have claimed that the structures can survive up to a magnitude 6 quake, seismologist Lynn Sykes told the Gotham Gazette recently that he isn't so sure: The plants are designed to withstand an event on the intensity scale of VII, which equals a magnitude of 5 or slightly higher in the region. (Intensity measures the effects on people and structures.) A magnitude 6 quake, in Sykes opinion, would indeed cause damage to the plant. Indian Point's two reactors provide 10% of the state's electricity and 30% of NYC's, meaning that in addition to the destruction outlined in our best case scenario, an active fault near the plant would cause massive power outages as well. If the quake were strong enough to create fractures in Indian Point's bedrock, radioactive materials could flow freely into the Hudson River. After the events of Fukushima earlier this year, that's no longer an unthinkable occurrence. Link to post Share on other sites
BillTheBinMan 0 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Friends over there on holiday, and sent me a mail saying it felt pretty scary. Their first earthquake! Link to post Share on other sites
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