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Major Japan Earthquake!

This is how the news media, trying to disseminate information, sometimes makes things worse. They have a “nuclear expert” on the phone, commenting on the explosion. He says: “As I understand it, this explosion was caused by gas inside the core, but the containment is made of steel and concrete and was not breeched, so (blah, blah, blah…” Of course, given that “the containment” contains (hopefully) “the core”, that statement is contradictory and makes no sense, and at best can only cause confusion.
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Then he was asked about the Japanese government’s decision to start handing out iodine. He answer best I can recall, was: “Umm, well, iodine is used to, in terms of, for helping to, um, it’s to help, radiation, for to help in eliminate, in terms of, it’s better for, and in terms of exposure, for the radiation.”
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You gotta love experts, in terms of answers to questions.
 
I have a retired college professor friend and his family that lives near that nuclear facility and have not been able to get in touch with him by phone or SKYPE...worried!
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Ted, he's probably on the move. I too have some friends in Japan (Tokyo and Nakayima areas) and haven't had replies. I guess most people are busy with other things right now.. but yes, it does make you worried.
 
Had to get some sleep. I see it did not go full meltdown.

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Japan's NSA has confirmed the partial meltdown of the reactor and that initial reports are, 1 fatality and 3 acute radiation exposure injuries. The latest official reports are that engineers are pumping sea water and boric acid into the reactor vessel and that the total process could take 10 days to cool the fuel in the damaged core to a static safety state.

Looking at the damage photos, my immediate concern is that with an explosion of that magnitude which instantly disintegrated thousands of tons of steel and concrete, how much damage has occurred to the cooling/exchanger piping systems and valves/valve actuators which may inhibit the ability to pump in coolant? In scenario, it is possible for the fuel to melt and do so out of proximity of the control rod range of effectiveness. If that occurs, it is quite possible for further meltdown and core exposure which would immediately react to open atmosphere and begin to burn & release massive amounts of radioactive particles/gas.

Hopefully, the damage is not severe enough to prevent the water & boric acid being added and the 10 day window for permanent cooldown can be met.

It's still too early to call where/how this situation will go. We all hope for the best as the situation and future for the people of Japan is very sadly & already bleak.
 
Looks like at this point they are assuming they had a meltdown in Reactor 1 and they believe the same will happen to reactor 3.

This is looking like it will be far worse than any of the past incidents.
 
I know this is irrelevant in the circumstance and I would not bother posting this on a non-flight forum, but I think people here will find this sad.

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These are images of Matsushima Air Field, which besides obviously being an active base with a collection of vintage aircraft, is also the home to the Blue Impulse display team. No word on their planes being present or damaged.

Like I said, small potatoes compared to meltdowns and thousands of people still missing but it is a small sadness in it's own way.
 
They just said on CNN that the whole Island of Japan moved 6-8 even 10 feet, I think this may be a big problem with GPS and other nav equipment.
 
It's not the equipment...when the plate moved (causing the earthquake) it actually shifted the whole area 8 to 10 feet. I heard last night that the Indonesian earthquake shifted the area 20 meters (60 ft). That's why the continents drift. In about 2 million years Los Angeles and San Francisco will be right next to each other.
 
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Can you just imagine? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646

Apparently 2 nuclear cores have melted at the power plants. We are in trouble from this here on the left coast, count on it.

Am thinking there is presently many more deaths from this quake & it's aftermath than from both atomic weapons in '45.

My heart is continually going out to the Japanese people right now. We may well be next here, being due for the big one.

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We may well be next here, being due for the big one.
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Yes you well could be its one of those undeniable truths in life. If you don't want to experience it soon or sooner is the time to leave.

But where else would one go? All areas have their own natural disasters that must be dealt with.


On another note they said the shifted 4 inches on its axis as a result of the earthquake.
 
Chile, New Zealand, now Japan. The West Coast could very well be next, as all these places are figuratively on the four corners of the ring of fire. Three of those 'corners' have shifted which will put that much more pressure on the fourth.

over 6000 died in the Kobe earthquake, I fear this one will far surpass that one.
 
The city I live in, Richmond BC, is actually below sea level and surrounded by dykes to keep the water out. Yeah... not looking forward to a quake in the PNW region.
 
Of course, be a pragmatic person, I was considering the effect the resulting collapse of the Japanese Economy will have around the planet.
Not exactly a thought at the forefont of my mind right now, but looking at the 'Big Picture' the future for the Japanese People is bleak.
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"Naoto Takeuchi, chief of Miyagi prefecture's police force, said: "The death toll is almost certain to rise above 10,000." :frown:
 
It was know it was to happen. Its just like what happen to Fukushima 1 Unit 1.
 
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