Meltdown??

[Riot]

Originally Posted by GBBob

I'll be in Japan next month..that should be interesting

American military over there already showing they picked up increased radiation exposure.

[joeydb]

They're still waiting on the plumber's union to agree to a contract to restore the cooling pipes...

Just kidding of course. I hope that they catch a break here and get that thing safely contained VERY soon!

[Riot]

The Japanese are amazing engineers, look at those Tokyo buildings swaying feet in the earthquake, but not falling down. Which is why it is astounding, with their care and redundancy and history of excellence, that we are facing three reactor meltdowns because there isn't electricity to run the cooling. And the backup generators don't work, because they didn't think of raising them above disaster flood level.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Riot

The Japanese are amazing engineers, look at those Tokyo buildings swaying feet in the earthquake, but not falling down. Which is why it is astounding, with their care and redundancy and history of excellence, that we are facing three reactor meltdowns because there isn't electricity to run the cooling. And the backup generators don't work, because they didn't think of raising them above disaster flood level.

Pray that they get those reactors cooled down, best case is that they are ruined and will have to be dismantled and rebuilt. This is a serious blow to the nuke industry. Japanese are amazing folks, they will rebuild and recover but the human toll cannot be repaired, it is amazing that the death toll is as minimal as it appears but that's no comfort to the victims.

[Riot]

Mini-reactors seems an extraordinarily promising and affordable nuclear energy. Exactly the type of green innovation we should be heavily funding (google this for more recent info, you can see Toshiba, Bill Gates, lots of people going this way):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ors-los-alamos

That is a far safer nuclear energy I can fully support. Not to mention what it could do for 3rd world countries, emergency energy needs, etc.

Can you imagine your neighborhood purchasing it's own energy source? Outstanding!

[SCUDSBROTHER]

A Power plant getting blown up, cuz they don't have enough power. That's a real beauty.

[Honu]

I wouldnt be so sure about the radiation in the atmosphere not being able to reach the U.S. If you look at the jet stream and water to surface airflow patterns it is possible for some to come to the U.S. hitting Hawaii first and then catching the pinapple express and making its way into So-Cali.