8.9 Earthquake hits Japan, devistating Tsunami.

[Slofreak]

Ok so there was an Earthquake, Tsunami and now Nuclear Radiation... i mean how f***ed can you get.

We all saw 1st, 2nd and now 3rd Recator has exploded, how much radiation has leaked so far?

Also they say inside containor is still holding, they also said cooling system's are failing...

The govermant said no need to panic, yes it's true we dont need ppl runing around like chickens but govermant is always covering up stuff.

Is this gonna be another Chernobyl? Tough at Chernobyl only one reactor melted down, well actually burned up.

And how radioation spreded tru europe?

Could Japans 3 Reactors cause more radiation across the globe if it fails completly?

 

[Zeonix]

I don't think its fair to compare the two. For one, Japan isn't retarded.

 

[Slofreak]

Yes the Japan is more Advanced but i don't think they wer retarded. Japan isn't the only country with scientist's, do you even know what was the cause for Chernobyl disaster?

Eatherway things don't look good with 3 reactors exploded, cooling system failed and core melting down. I'm ready for that trick card in the sleve xD

 

[Avenger]

Factually, Chernobyl wasn't such a big deal in terms of fallout and radiation outside of the main area. I'm not sure whether a meltdown at a new plant will be better or worse than an old one, but for 'the rest of the world' this doesn't pose that much of a problem. Terrible thing to happen to a country though; especially one as dense in population as Japan.

 

[Slofreak]

But the wind can carry the radiation to other countries, depends on how much radiation will be leaked.

radioactive cloud from Chernobyl drifted not only over Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, but also over the European part of Turkey, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Ireland, France, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Thousands of those who were children and adolescents at the time of the accident have developed thyroid cancer as a result of exposure to radioactive iodine and Childhood Leukaemia. Forest food products such as berries, mushrooms, and game contain particularly high levels of long-lived radioactive caesium and this contamination is expected to remain high for several decades. For instance, the accident led to high contamination of reindeer meat in Scandinavia.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2075826/pdf/brjcancer00036-0136.pdf

Im from slovenia and seeing this things might happen agean.

 

[Spunky]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...dake_volcano_begins_spewing_ash_boulders.html

It just keeps getting worse.

 

[Z Power]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wor...dake_volcano_begins_spewing_ash_boulders.html

It just keeps getting worse.

Damn, its just not Japan's day at the moment.

http://i.imgur.com/7kfyw.jpg

To big to post as a normal image. God I want to bash these peoples faces in.

What the hell is wrong with these people!!!

 

[Zeonix]

Yes the Japan is more Advanced but i don't think they wer retarded. Japan isn't the only country with scientist's, do you even know what was the cause for Chernobyl disaster?

Eatherway things don't look good with 3 reactors exploded, cooling system failed and core melting down. I'm ready for that trick card in the sleve xD

Do YOU know what caused the Chernobyl disaster? It wasn't a single accident that couldn't have been foreseen. It was one human **** up after another after another.

Also, everyone and their mother goes to reddit. Go ahead and read this: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/g37tl/ima_former_nuclear_emergency_planner_wanting_to/

It isnt the end all, be all, but its sensible and it's closer to the truth than GIANT MIST KILLS EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE.

 

[SS4 Gogeta]

A few before and after satellite pictures, http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...te-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html

 

[Slofreak]

Than mind explaining how the europe was effected than if the radiation can't be blowned by the wind like it says on the site? Scandinava was effected and even UK and far end of the russia that was frikkin miles away from ukraine.

While it might be theoretically possible to take the radiation in the Fukushima core and have everyone on the west coast receive hundreds of rads of exposure as that shows, it's not possible to do it by blowing it on the wind.

I never said everyone will be whiped out. But if only 1 reactor in Chernobyl blew up and the radiation spreded to all europe and caused thyroid cancer as a result of exposure to radioactive iodine and Childhood Leukaemia i won't even go into what happen to ppl in ukraine, we still don't know what will happen with Japanese powerplant. Also they already said some radiation was leaked out in close proximity of the plant.

the difference betwen the Chernobyl and Fukushima, is that Fukushima has the safty container, but that could also get fcked up.

 

[Zeonix]

I assume proximity.

Also, if you have questions, ask him. He'll answer them.

 

[Slofreak]

Proximity??

This for you is proximity?

Distance between:
Ukraine to Norway: km 1974.6 / 1227.0 miles
Ukraine to UK: km 2472.5 / 1536.3 miles

Radiation somehow magicly made its way to Norway, UK or other countires haw?

And this was done by only 1 reactor. Japan has 3 reactor that are overheating.

Im not trying to say this will happen, im saying what might happen, heck i whould like to be all fine and dandy too and no radiation happens at all.

 

[Zeonix]

The distance between Tokyo, Japan and LA, California is 5,478 miles. The distance from Tokyo to London is 5966 miles. I'm not going to keep going.

So again, proximity.

 

[Darth Revan]

on that note leo you missed Ireland

 

[Avenger]

I know someone who worked for the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment during the Cold War. I once discussed the dangers of nuclear energy with him, and he proceeded to laugh at me when I used Chernobyl as an example of "what catastrophic results it could have", because he worked under the researchers responsible for measuring nuclear fallout and radiation in Norway. This is technically classified information, but seeing as it has been two decades since most of this, I can tell you that the research data shows that Chernobyl's fallout (at least in Norway, which was severely affected, and whose research was used in that graph of yours up there) was negligible when compared to the fallout as a result of Soviet nuclear testing.

Now, I'm not saying it's a good thing or completely harmless for a meltdown to occur. For the country in which it happens, it's very severe, and Japan is in trouble if this isn't contained - but nuclear fallout is largely a scare unless it's related to a city and an explosion (radioactive dust, not just radioactivity in the air) provided you're far enough away from it. In fact, geography (background radiation) can have a bigger impact than a meltdown on cancer rates.

Europe will be fine. The US will be fine. Japan is in trouble, but I'm sure they'll make a gargantuan robot to clean up this mess. Or summon Godzilla.

 

[Zeonix]

I know someone who worked for the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment during the Cold War. I once discussed the dangers of nuclear energy with him, and he proceeded to laugh at me when I used Chernobyl as an example of "what catastrophic results it could have", because he worked under the researchers responsible for measuring nuclear fallout and radiation in Norway. This is technically classified information, but seeing as it has been two decades since most of this, I can tell you that the research data shows that Chernobyl's fallout (at least in Norway, which was severely affected, and whose research was used in that graph of yours up there) was negligible when compared to the fallout as a result of Soviet nuclear testing.

Now, I'm not saying it's a good thing or completely harmless for a meltdown to occur. For the country in which it happens, it's very severe, and Japan is in trouble if this isn't contained - but nuclear fallout is largely a scare unless it hits a city in an explosion (radioactive dust, not just radioactivity in the air) provided you're far enough away from it. In fact, geography (background radiation) can have a bigger impact than a meltdown on cancer rates.

Europe will be fine. The US will be fine. Japan is in trouble, but I'm sure they'll make a gargantuan robot to clean up this mess. Or summon Godzilla.

That, plus the fact that we were basically detonating nukes over the atmosphere for quite awhile.

You're fine, Leo. Stop worrying.

 

[Slofreak]

That was one reactor, uno, un, bat, ichi, 1 or do i need to tell you in other language.

Japanese powerplant has cooling and core melting problems with all 3 reactors and outcome might be different and it also depends on the wind, how strong how far could it blow away.

 

[Avenger]

Don't listen to Zeo, Leonardo.

I'm selling these fine leather jackets that protect you from Japanese fallout and subway gropers...

 

[Zeonix]

That was one reactor, uno, un, bat, ichi, 1 or do i need to tell you in other language.

Japanese powerplant has cooling and core melting problems with all 3 reactors and outcome might be different and it also depends on the wind, how strong how far could it blow away.

I didn't realize the three plants were built on top of each other, nor did I realize they would explode at the same time, nor did I realize that it was now capable of traveling 6000 miles to **** our worlds up.

My bad.

If Tsar Bomba didn't **** my world up, I'm not worried about Japan.

 

[Avenger]

I also didn't realize that three reactors will put out more radioactive fallout than tens if not hundreds of nuclear detonations that occur near dirt and ground, as well as those in the atmosphere...