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News told that the epicenter was just a few kilometres underground which is very close to the ground.

So I was right, that explains why it felt like a huge one.
Quote from tomba(fin) :news told that the epicenter was just a few kilometres underground which is very close to the ground.

So i was right, that explains why it felt like a huge one.

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I could feel the rocking as the boat went over the wave
Well my state (Oregon) got radiation levels from japan, but not enough to cause a heath issue
Quote from Hotrodx199 :Well my state (Oregon) got radiation levels from japan, but not enough to cause a heath issue

The whole world will recieve an increase, the levels at Chernobyl could be bearable in places, with radiation it's all a case of how much and for how long you are exposed to it. If you were to magically spawn into a radioactive area for a split second and disappear from there, you wouldn't gain any problems at all, but sadly teleportation hasn't been figured out yet :P


Damn, lerts is still on this forum, even in spirit.
While thats interesting i don't know if it takes account of the MOX fuel which is leaking from no 3 reactor.

As MOX contains plutonium the figures I'm seeing suggest it's 2 Million times more deadly ( 1mg is as damaging as 2kg of uranium )

The main results from the calculations are shown in table 1. In short, exposure doses resulting from an accident at a pluthermal reactor would be twice those produced by an accident at a uranium reactor. A given exposure dose would be received by residents over twice the distance. The overall affected area would be four times larger. When fatalities by cancer from an accident at a pluthermal reactor is calculated with an assumption that Tokyo was downwind, the number of cancer fatalities would increase from 0.4 million in the case of an accident at a uranium reactor to 10.6 million (See table 2). In view of such risks, MOX utilization is simply too dangerous.
http://www.pacificrimcoins.com ... el-accident-fukushima-i-3
Quote from Racer X NZ :While thats interesting i don't know if it takes account of the MOX fuel which is leaking from no 3 reactor.

What I find interesting is how you think a solid fuel pellet is able to 'leak'.
Solid fuel rods held safely in an appropriate containment vessel are, I'm sure safeish.

How about in a full meltdown ?

At Fukushima, small amounts of plutonium have been detected in soil at 5 different locations. No-one knows where it is coming from, which lack of knowledge is an indicator, in itself, of loss of control over the situation.

In reactor no.3 there is radioactive molten metal and it is thought that it has begun to meld with the metal base of the reactor containment structure. If that happens corium will be formed, which can heat up to 2500 degrees and will then start to infiltrate the 7-8m thick concrete foundation of the reactor plant itself. This extremely dangerous substance could then eat its way through the concrete and enter the soil below and then find its way to the sea. This would be a new variation on nuclear reactor catastrophes, since this has not happened in any earlier ones.

http://candobetter.net/node/2412

On 25 March, Japan's nuclear regulator announced a likely breach and radiation leak in the containment vessel of the unit 3 reactor, the only one at the plant using MOX fuel.[7][8][9] New Scientist reported that measurements taken by the Japanese science ministry and MEXT in areas of northern Japan "far from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant" showed the radioactive caesium fallout levels rival those from the Chernobyl disaster.[10]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents

But, as we all know plutonium is a completely safe substance and there's nothing to worry about.
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Its all those bloody space lizards fault.
Corporate greed is usually enough of a reason. :tit:

Finally an honest statement from the company, mind you it doesn't install a great deal of confidence reading the red section.

The plants' fate was announced on live television yesterday by Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), which has been widely criticised for its handling of Japan's worst nuclear crisis.
"Honestly speaking, work to effectively stabilise the temperature of the reactors has yet to begin," said Mr Katsumata. "Looking at the situation objectively, the company will have no choice but to shut them down for good."
He said that "basic functions have been retained" at two remaining reactors and hinted that they might be saved. The was immediately squashed by top government spokesman Yukio Edano who said the complex would have to be scrapped. "It is very clear, looking at the social circumstances."

http://www.independent.co.uk/n ... ushima-plant-2257834.html
Quote from 5haz :Its all those bloody space lizards fault.

Hello David Ike.
Another earthquake :/ 7.4 apparently.
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Quote from jwardy :Another earthquake :/ 7.4 apparently.

Saw some mention about it, casulties?
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RT were on this as soon as there was a hint of trouble at the Fukishima plant. Looks like they were right.
Quote from Intrepid :RT were on this as soon as there was a hint of trouble at the Fukishima plant. Looks like they were right.

I find RT to be the best news network in the world to be honest non of this Sky/Fox news bs.
Quote from BlueFlame :I find RT to be the best news network in the world to be honest non of this Sky/Fox/BBC news bs.

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Quote from Intrepid :fixed

Indeed, also, you can only love RT when they have documentaries, such as they had a Gagarin documentary yesterday which was very good.
I thought I should be reassuring and give you a couple of 'everthing's fine' messages, as we all know there's not possible danger from the radiation now spreading accross the world as nuclear energy is completly safe and there's no chance of an accident.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... p;feature=player_embedded

Traces of radioactive material from the endangered Japanese nuclear plant are being detected from coast to coast in the United States and in Iceland, but amounts continue to be far below levels that would cause health problems.
The development of super-sensitive equipment to detect radiation is both a blessing and a curse, allowing scientists to monitor materials released in nuclear accidents, but also causing unnecessary worry, said Kathryn Higley, director of the nuclear engineering and radiation health physics at Oregon State University.
http://www.timesleader.com/news/ap?articleID=6785377

However, in the opinion of medical experts who aren't paid by the nuclear industry

The U.S. federal drinking water standard for radioactive Iodine-131 is 3 picocuries per liter, but levels exceeding that by as much as 181 times have been detected in rainwater sampled in California, Idaho, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Radioactivity has also been found in milk from Spokane, Washington.
Safe Levels of Radiation?
The government says there is no danger, as these levels (even levels in rainwater above drinking water standards) are “safe”. Specifically, they explain that the exposure is only short-term, while federal drinking water standards assume a constant level of radiation over the course of a year.
In addition, not all of the radiation from the rainwater will end up in the drinking water supply. So – say federal and state governments – there is no danger from short-term exposure to such levels of radiation.
But as I pointed out recently:
Physicians for Social Responsibility notes:
According to the National Academy of Sciences, there are no safe doses of radiation. Decades of research show clearly that any dose of radiation increases an individual’s risk for the development of cancer.
“There is no safe level of radionuclide exposure, whether from food, water or other sources. Period,” said Jeff Patterson, DO, immediate past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
http://www.2012theawakening.com/?p=4481

This site links into tracking stations round most of Europe and America, if you are planning on kid's, are pregnant, or have kids the advice is don't touch milk, broadleaf crops, drinking water etc.
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1440560/pg1

Please remember that both America and the EU are raising safe exposure levels, at least this will help the mainstream media tell you how safe you are.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/am ... tion-levels-for-food.html

After all, according to 'official' figures only 56 people died from Chernobyl, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t ... /europe/article563041.ece however according to new research;

"It concludes that based on records now available, some 985,000 people died, mainly of cancer, as a result of the Chernobyl accident. That is between when the accident occurred in 1986 and 2004. More deaths, it projects, will follow. The book explodes the claim of the International Atomic Energy Agency-- still on its website that the expected death toll from the Chernobyl accident will be 4,000. The IAEA, the new book shows, is under-estimating, to the extreme, the casualties of Chernobyl."
http://www.globalresearch.ca/i ... ?context=va&aid=20908

RT is a good site, another is http://www.fairewinds.com/updates, it's interesting to watch the mainstream media spin on 'Radiation is safe', that they seem determined to repeat over and over, good thing most people are too stupid to question why safe levels must be raised up to 7,000,000 times (in 2 cases) so you remain within the safe levels.

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