BF2S Forums 9.0 Earthquake in Japan (March 11, 2011)

Mekstizzle wrote:

The media seem to be blowing this out of proportion, 8.9 is huge and the Tsunamis were big...but Japan has got this shit on lock.

more hype;





10K dead in Japan amid fears of nuclear meltdowns

Last edited by burnzz (2011-03-13 14:48:45)

You honestly think we think this is a sign of God? Only the really retarded Christians think that.

should make for some tasty waves when i get back to hawaii. sweet

It takes a certain amount of goofiness (or childhood programming) to accept with certainty anything that's unproven based on the assertions of clergy and emotional whim, so I suppose I do think all Christians are goofy.

But you know the kind of goofy I was talking about.

6.45pm Agence France Presse reports that No radiation leaks have been detected from Japan's nuclear power stations after the quake.

11.22pm More detail from The Associated Press on the state of emergency issued at a nuclear plant after its cooling system failed:

Chief cabinet secretary Yukio Edano says the nuclear power plant in Fukushima developed a mechanical failure in the system needed to cool the reactor after it was shut down in Friday's earthquake.

He said the measure was a precaution and there was no radiation leak at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant. He said the facility was not in immediate danger.

11.31pm Some 2,000 residents living near Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant have been urged to evacuate.

3.40am Reports indicate the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is "under control". The World Nuclear Association has said it understands that water is now being pumped into its cooling system. Reuters has also reported the US has transported emergency coolant to the plant. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said:

We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants. You know Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards, but one of their plants came under a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant.

5.44am BBC quotes nuclear physicist Dr Walt Patterson as saying the situation at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant is "the sort of thing that nuclear engineers have nightmares about ... if it is not resolved in the next few hours it will get serious". Read their analysis of the nuclear emergency.

6.02am The situation at the nuclear power plant appears to be worsening, The Associated Press has quoted an anonymous official as saying if the outage in the cooling system persists, eventually radiation could leak out into the environment, and, in the worst case, could cause a reactor meltdown. However the Guardian mentions a nuclear expert speaking to CNN has said this was only a remote possibility.

6:50am The Japanese government has declared an atomic emergency and told thousands of residents living near a nuclear plant in Fukushima to evacuate, warning a small amount of radiation could be released, AFP reports.

8:48am Radiation levels at the damaged Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant are continuing to rise. The Jiji Press news agency says the levels are eight times above normal, BBC reports.

9.27am Japan says radiation levels have surged outside nuclear plant, expands area subject to evacuation, The Guardian reports.

9.44am Japan's public broadcaster NHK, quoting nuclear safety officials, said there was "no immediate health hazard" to nearby residents from a possible minute leakage at the Fukushima No1 nuclear power plant.

9.46am Japan's nuclear safety agency has confirmed the damaged Fukushima No 1 has been leaking radiation outside the plant, the Guardian.co.uk reports. According to the Guardian, there are now also reports from nuclear plant operator Tepco that the Fukushima No 2 plant has lost cooling to three of its reactors.

10.51am Japan's nuclear safety agency is reportedly set to issue an unprecedented order for Tepco to open a valve at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant to release pressure, according to the Guardian.co.uk.

11.22am According to Al Jazeera, there are now five reactors under a state of emergency - two at Fukushima No 1 (Daiichi) plant, and three at the nearby Fukushima No 2 (Daini) plant.

11.44am Japan's trade ministry has announced that Fukushima's plant operator Tepco is "considering releasing pressure" at the Fukushima No 2 (Daini) nuclear plant, according to the Guardian.co.uk. The Government has also just ordered the evacuation of a three kilometre radius around the plant.

12.04pm The Japanese Government is currently holding an emergency meeting on the subject of the Fukushima nuclear plants, according to the Guardian.co.uk.


Not good.

Also,

12.20pm Japan's quake caused the day to become a bit shorter. NASA geophysicist Richard Gross calculated that Earth's rotation sped up by 1.6 microseconds, according to an Al Jazeera report, which cited AP.

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Poseidon wrote:

War Man wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Did you notice the second part of the section title?

I knew you were dumb, but..

Did you notice this thread is in EE and not debate & serious talk?

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=142107

I knew you were dumb, but..

What does that have to do with my point that this falls into the realm of "serious talk"?

Just shut the fuck up.

Alright lets go that way then, this isn't Debate or Serious talk now is it? It is Debate and Serious talk.

So I'll ask again. What is there to debate about that is related to the title?

Last edited by War Man (2011-03-11 21:29:12)

Uzique wrote:

shifty are you fucking incapable of getting information from anywhere but the bible?

check, um, i don't know... any news website in the world? live tv coverage?

I've been reading CNN, Foxnews, and Wikipedia. Is that enough?

given that i've already seen people "comparing" disasters and i have seen once "this wasn't as bad as _________ (katrina, boxing day 04 or other)", inclined to agree

Last edited by Spark (2011-03-11 21:46:00)

this isnt as bad as godzilla

iceman785 wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Ignoring the inbred homeschooled ignorant Wisconsinite's semantic bullshit, I just got an update on my phone saying that Japan just announced a meltdown is very possible.

This is about to get very ugly.

I love how I posted what you said on my facebook, and it's like no one even cares.

I find it kind of odd. Twitter's full of Japan postings from both my friends and the various other people I follow, but I don't really see much from people on Facebook.

Twitter also helped warn people of the impending tsunami and probably saved thousands of lives, but according to lowing Twitter is useless because he heard Lady GaGa uses it.

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Five nuclear reactors in state of emergency.

I'm reading some scattered reports on twitter that a meltdown may be underway.


http://english.kyodonews.jp/
"BREAKING NEWS: Fukushima nuke plant might be experiencing nuclear meltdown."

"BREAKING NEWS: Radioactive Cesium detected near Fukushima plant: nuke safety commission"

"Four other Fukushima nuke reactors are struggling with similar problem. If multiple meltdown begins, it will be uncontrollable."

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia- … 22667.html

“The events that occurred at these plants, which is the loss of both offsite power and onsite power, is one of the rarest events to happen in a nuclear power plant, and all indications are that the Japanese do not have the situation under control,” “Edwin Lyman, a nuclear expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a US-based nonprofit organisation, said…

However, Naoto Sekimura, a professor at the University of Tokyo, said a major radioactive disaster was unlikely.

“No Chernobyl is possible at a light water reactor. Loss of coolant means a temperature rise, but it also will stop the reaction,” he said.

“Even in the worst-case scenario, that would mean some radioactive leakage and equipment damage, but not an explosion. If venting is done carefully, there will be little leakage. Certainly not beyond the 3 km radius.”

They’ve reached the point where they’re pouring water on the reactor out of a fire truck to try to reduce the temperature.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNew … 44342.html

Consider this

Update: Another Japanese official tells the AP that even if a meltdown occurs, it shouldn’t affect anyone beyond a six-mile radius — and most of those people either have been evacuated or, no doubt, are in the process. All eyes now are on the containment dome.

Update: The WSJ confirms that people within a six-mile (i.e. 10-kilometer) radius were already being shipped out hours ago. Also, an update on the control room, where radiation levels reached 1,000 times the normal rate earlier:

Radiation levels aren’t supposed to rise in a control room, which is designed to allow operators to continue working during emergencies and is equipped with filtration systems and other design features to protect workers from radiation exposure. Nevertheless, experts said that a level that is 1,000 times normal probably isn’t immediately harmful.

The technicians on the scene battling this thing must be signing years of their lives away, if not decades.

Update: BREAKING NEWS: Pressure successfully released from Fukushima No. 1 reactor: agency

That won’t stop a meltdown but it might prevent a fracture in the containment dome, which is now the last line of defense.

These reactors are 40 years old, aren't they?

Spark wrote:

These reactors are 40 years old, aren't they?

From what I heard, yes.

Looks like they had enough time to evacuate so even if there is a meltdown (and one is supposedly occurring right now), it won't be as bad as if it occurred on a normal day.