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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jul 18, 2011 - 09:40am PT
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Fukushima Daiichi prepares for typhoon arrival
Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, is rushing to put a makeshift roof over a turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as typhoon
Ma-on approaches Japan.
The metal roof will cover the turbine building of reactor Number 3. The hole in its roof was caused by a hydrogen blast in March.
The new roof is 5-meters long and 16-meters wide. It is designed to cover up the hole to prevent an increase of radioactive water in the building.
TEPCO says the roof is scheduled to be installed with a crane on Monday.
Fearing high waves, a hose was temporarily disconnected from the "megafloat" barge, which contains relatively low-level radioactive water.
But no measures have been taken to prevent rainwater from entering reactor buildings 1, 3, and 4. The structures were damaged by hydrogen blasts.
However TEPCO says it does not expect any drastic increase of the water level in those 3 buildings.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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When they exploded one of the test bombs in the desert during WW II, they had a couple of regiments rush the site a few minutes later, so they could see how using the A-bomb played out in battle. The guys got sick as dogs from acute radiation sickness, no one had a clue back then.
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mellpat
Big Wall climber
Sweden
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Aug 11, 2011 - 06:09am PT
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Couldn't the politicians in Japan just inform the public that the radioactive releases in Fukushima happened because there were no plans in Japan or elsewhere for dealing with a total station black out lasting for more than a couple of hours?
It appears that the only thing one have to do to guarantee that no release of radioactivity occurs in the unlikely event of a new tsunami of this magnitude is to secure lasting reactor pressure vessel ventilation and that hoses and fire engine pumps not requiring electricity - but capable of pumping in about 10 litres of water per second during the first few critical days - are available in a safe place nearby nuclear reactors.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Aug 11, 2011 - 11:47am PT
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http://enenews.com/
Japan government prepares plan to flee Tokyo -ABC News (Australia)
August 10th, 2011 at 01:52 AM
Japan is considering the possibility of creating a back-up capital city
Egypt finds shipment from Japan with radioactive electric and mechanical instruments — Exceeded legal limit — Authorities trying to keep radiation from spreading (362)
ABC: Japan’s nuclear agency hides children’s radiation results (286)
Report: Tokyo man tests positive for over 7,000 Becquerels of radioactive cesium during whole body counter check — Never went to Fukushima (RESULTS) (223)
New data shows Fukushima Daini nuke plant prepared to vent steam from all four reactors — Feared that containment vessels might be damaged by pressure (212)
Public anger “exploding” as Japanese discover more about gov’t downplaying spread of Fukushima radiation, health dangers (150)
Nationwide TV in Japan: Toxicity of plutonium “not very different than salt” — “So safe you can drink it” (VIDEO)
August 8th, 2011 at 05:59 PM
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corniss chopper
climber
breaking the speed of gravity
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Aug 18, 2011 - 01:40pm PT
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China Syndrome - living in interesting times eh?
Anyone know of a realtime map tracking the contaminated water plume
from Fukushima ?
Or know if the worlds fishing fleets are testing the fish brought up in nets? Or have been told not to fish in certain areas?
Japanese fishing gear has been washing up on the Oregon and Washington
coast forever due to the current. Its a true ocean conveyor belt from them to us.
http://cueflash.com/decks/Pacific_Ocean_Currents
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graniteclimber
Trad climber
The Illuminati -- S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Division
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Aug 18, 2011 - 03:07pm PT
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Reports are coming to say that one of the Nuclear Unit has achieved what is called the "China Syndrome"
The core has melted through the metal and concrete floor, and is melting the ground below!!
Any one else hear about this
No. Do you have any links?
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PP
Trad climber
SF,CA
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Aug 18, 2011 - 04:22pm PT
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Jan ; regarding area 51 if you google earth a little west of A51 you can see the hundreds of craters and alittle further west and north are huge 600 ft wide craters . I figured they were from A bomb tests ,. Not too far from Las Vegas.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Aug 19, 2011 - 10:13am PT
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China Syndrome? In Japan wouldn't it be the Ohio Syndrome?
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Aug 19, 2011 - 11:34am PT
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Riley, having the China syndrome occur on at least one of the reactors means that the core has burned thru the concrete casing INTO THE GROUND AND INTO THE WATER TABLE. Since it sets on the Pacific Ocean and since there is no way known to man to stop this, it will kill the Pacific Ocean for hundreds, if not thousands of miles. Radiation spreading everywhere, poisoning and destroying the sea life for our lifetime and many more after that. and two more reactors still going and probably if they are not already in the China syndrome, they will be shortly. No way to stop it, this is an acceptable outcome of the use of nuclear power?
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beef supreme
climber
the west
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Aug 19, 2011 - 01:26pm PT
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I was just thinking the other day "hmm, wonder whatever happened to that earthquake/ tsunami/ nuclear meltdown that was such big news for, what, like a week?"
I love how our media tells us everything about consuming and nothing about trivial, inconsequential things, i.e. nuclear meltdowns.
Wasn't there another nuclear incident in the midwest as well with a media blackout?
Dont worry people, just buy more sh#t and keep your head in the sand and your ass in the air.
Good thing there is the internet, and ST, to keep me updated.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Aug 19, 2011 - 02:08pm PT
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Good thing there is the internet, and ST, to keep me updated
if you rely on this site for the true facts then you are absolutely right....your head is in that sand and your a$$ in the air....
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Aug 19, 2011 - 02:24pm PT
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Since it sets on the Pacific Ocean and since there is no way known to man to stop this, it will kill the Pacific Ocean for hundreds, if not thousands of miles. Radiation spreading everywhere, poisoning and destroying the sea life for our lifetime and many more after that.
No hysteria there...
Wasn't there another nuclear incident in the midwest as well with a media blackout?
No, there wasn't a 'media blackout'.
Look, I'm all for shutting down every existing reactor (and dam for that matter) in the US and replacing them with a mix of wind, solar, and wave. Unfortunately you can't operate a national grid without a stable baseload and nukes will have to play a role in that. But the designs in operation today are ridiculously bad. There are better, safer designs which could be employed to provide the minimal base load required to run a grid.
Without them, any attempt to run a national grid solely on alternative power without adequate baseload sources would lead to frequent rolling blackouts in virtually all major cities. It's possible wave / current power could provide a good chunk of that baseload, but I suspect it would be insufficient to the task by itself.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Aug 19, 2011 - 03:27pm PT
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There are better, safer designs which could be employed to provide the minimal base load required to run a grid.
and the reason that those are not in operations are primarily due to the hysterics....
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Aug 19, 2011 - 03:59pm PT
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Ya sure hawkye......
Keep talking genius.....
You knew sh#t....
And you still know.sh#t...
What a joke
yah, they should have called the big boys in huh? you are a looser. why don't you go driving and get tooled again....
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Aug 19, 2011 - 04:55pm PT
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Nobody gives a F*#k what u think...
wahhh, now you have hurt my feelings.
you never did answer, did this pic get you the man of your dreams?
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Aug 19, 2011 - 11:29pm PT
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Hawkeye?
When you gonna be done jacking off to my picture?LOL
It's 2011 dude..
Have the guts to come out of the closet and be yourself..
Stupid can't be fixed but you can at least work on the coward part...
Better yet just shut up as your opinion in any form means nothing to anybody.
Your're an anonymous, coward troll, and from your comments , intelligence and personality it is very obvious why you dont want anybody to know who you are.
Just give it up...
dude....i ain't the one posting pics that are popular on the gay websites. as much of a bitch as you are, sounds like the answer to the question was no dik for the wyna. too bad. drink some more and get all f*#ked up, it will help you for at least a bottle or two.....
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