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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:19 AM Original message |
Tepco reveals nuclear meltdown |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow! This is huge! K+R |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. K & R |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Can someone give an overview of what this will mean |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. "So is northern Japan now a permanent dead-zone?" No. However... |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. This is so hard to take in. I think that's why people are |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. They are slaughtering thousands of animals in the exclusion zone |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. maybe under the circumstances that's humane. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Not allowing them to take pets was one of the big Indictments Of the Soviet System after Chernobyl |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. Said we were about to get really bad news really soon. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Who said? In what context n/t |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. No one cares |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I think he forgot his sarcasm tag |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
63. My relatives live within 100 km of fukushima |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. "not to worry just a temporary leak" |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. This proves nuclear energy is safe! Everything is OK, put your |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wait until they get around to explaining where all the spent MOX rods from the old fuel pool went. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I'm just glad the "Experts" always know what's best for us all... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Stuff you gotta watch. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Plutonium is good food - zero fat, calories, high in energy - don't waste it! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. A small can full is enough to spell peace for everybody on earth. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. From what I read several weeks ago, there are no MOX spent fuel rods |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. What is MOX |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. MOX fuel is a mixture of uranium and plutonium reprocessed |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Arne Gunderson said that's where the plutonium found miles away came from. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Here's a link to the ENEWS article I was referring to. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Enjoy? Have you lost your mind? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Your comment says more about your own cynical outlook. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. +rec |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
62. Well Said. With the Green Power technology that is |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. no, what really bugs you is the fact nuke energy is getting criticized |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Did you even read my reply? |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. See this post. No smarmy comments. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. I think most are just relieved Tepco is finally admitting.. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. Fucking Weasels |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. Japan's stricken nuclear plant has new leak |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's 384,000 lbs of radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean every day. Situation is AOK |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
22. Arne, Dr. Busby, Dr.Moret, Dr.Caldecott.... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
30. Obama wants 2 more nuke plants in GA, please help us get him to stop. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Only way we were able to stop one in Indiana was to sue the piss out of them |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Thanks! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. And close San Onofre and Indian Point now. |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. The fuel rods are completely exposed |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
70. Status of Japanese nuclear plants |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
71. To do before starting a nuclear plant |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
72. I would quit rather than participate |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
73. A FUBAR |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #31 |
74. The presence of radioactive water indicates |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
75. Can it get worse? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. Okay, I've suspected from the start that TEPCO were a bunch of lying weasels.. |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. In other words, we are fucked |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Good G-d. Thank you for spelling it out. Looks like we're all pretty much FUCKED |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Whaaaat? Our kids are going to get cancer? |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. damn |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. and here's the actual story that twisted version is based on. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. What's twisted about it? Chernobyl - one exploded containment unit. Fukushima - four |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Translation: If this were Katrina, whoever was in charge of the country would kiss their job bye bye |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. your comments are beside the point. compare the stories. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. it says the same thing nice confirmation there |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. no meow, it doesn't say the same thing at all. |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Are you sure it isn't this one? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. TEPCO: most of the fuel rods have melted, water level would completely expose the fuel rods |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
53. not many headline news stories about this....if the media doesn't report it, does it really happen? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. This is not good but the story doesnt really tell us much. So there is molten metal in the reactor |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. I think it has already burned through |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. If it has burned thru both the vessel and containment concrete it would be huge. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I may be wrong but as I recall they were trying to figure out where |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. A radiation leak is different than a contamination leak. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
56. The DOE says wind is cheaper. There is no longer a rational reason to build nukes. (chart) |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:06 AM Response to Original message |
58. The experts keep telling me I'm too ignorant to understand nuclear power |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
59. This is just getting worse and worse, |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I don't think they can at this point. The reactors, spent fuel rods all too hot |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Robdogbucky explained some good points here (link inside) |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
69. This isn't over by a long shot |
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