Fukishima: A REAL global disaster!!!

[skookerasbil]

Isnt it funny.......we have all these "environmentalists" in here and not a single one is at all concerned about an emerging catastrophy.

This nightmare is about to go from bad to worse >>>>



In fact, there is no certainty as to what’s causing this out-of-control flow of death and destruction.

Some 28 months after three of the six reactors exploded at the Fukushima Daichi site, nobody can offer a definitive explanation of what is happening there or how to deal with it.

The most cogent speculation now centers on the reality that, simply enough, water flows downhill.

Aside from its location in an earthquake-prone tsunami zone, Fukushima Daichi was sited above a major aquifer. That critical reality has been missing from nearly all discussion of the accident since it occurred.

There can be little doubt at this point that the water in that underground lake has been thoroughly contaminated.

In the wake of the March 11, 2011, disaster, Tepco led the public to believe that it had largely contained the flow of contaminated water into the Pacific. But now it admits that not only was that a lie, but that the quantities of water involved--apparently some 400,000 gallons per day--are very large.


Fukushima Emergency what can we do?: The Fukushima Nightmare Gets Worse



.....and meanwhile, those "concerned" about the environment continue to be angst about climate change science, where the predictions are Hail Mary pass at best!!

 

[skookerasbil]

We have a lot of environmental phonies on this forum!!!



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[skookerasbil]

All these so-called environmental people......its all about "global warming". Nobody gives a rats ass about real environmental realities >>>

THIS is a fucking catastrophy and getting worse and worse >>>>


West Coast of North America to Be Hit Hard by Fukushima Radiation

Posted on August 20, 2013 by WashingtonsBlog


Radiation Levels Will Concentrate in Pockets In Baja California and Other West Coast Locations

West Coast of North America to Be Hit Hard by Fukushima Radiation | Washington's Blog

West Coast of North America to Be Hit Hard by Fukushima Radiation | Washington's Blog

 

[Sallow]

Now you suddenly care about the environment?

Why is that s0n?

 

[editec]

Yup.

It's an ongoing disaster and worse?

I am not entirely confident that even those in charge know just how bad its been or how bad it is becoming, either.

I am informed that the ground around the plant is becoming unstable because water is turning the ground into quicksand

 

[mamooth]

He's got a funny definition of "global", given the recent leaks have no effect beyond the local waters.

However, it is a good illustration of how mindless antinuclear hysteria knows no political boundaries.

 

[skookerasbil]

He's got a funny definition of "global", given the recent leaks have no effect beyond the local waters.

However, it is a good illustration of how mindless antinuclear hysteria knows no political boundaries.

And who has the IQ of a small soap dish???



The University of Hawaii’s International Pacific Research Center created a graphic showing the projected dispersion of debris from Japan: >>>>

see here >>>> West Coast of North America to Be Hit Hard by Fukushima Radiation | Washington's Blog

 

[Old Rocks]

Who's not winning? The whole damned world.

Fukushima is what happens when factors like geology, upstream dams, and seismic dangers are not taken into account when siting a nuke.

The real danger from Fukushima, or rather, the worst danger, is the pool of spent rods. It sits on top of a compromised building, and could collapse in a strong aftershock. There are 400 tons of spent fuel there, high in plutonium content. If the pool moves, and the rod shift, the whole thing goes critical. If, in attempting to remove the rods, they break one and it drops back into the pool, it goes critical.

And, here in the US, due to the lack of a place to store the spent rods, we have many spent rod pools with over three times the amount of rods that they were designed for.

 

[mamooth]

The University of Hawaii’s International Pacific Research Center created a graphic showing the projected dispersion of debris from Japan:

Your source claims that a ghastly radioactive current should be halfway across the Pacific by now.

Strangely, no one has been able to find the ghastly radioactive current extending halfway across the Pacific.

A rational human would thus conclude there is no ghastly radioactive current flowing across the Pacifiic. Given that there's no trace of a ghastly radioactive current crossing the Pacific, can you explain why you keep saying there is?

 

[skookerasbil]

The University of Hawaii’s International Pacific Research Center created a graphic showing the projected dispersion of debris from Japan:

Your source claims that a ghastly radioactive current should be halfway across the Pacific by now.

Strangely, no one has been able to find the ghastly radioactive current extending halfway across the Pacific.

A rational human would thus conclude there is no ghastly radioactive current flowing across the Pacifiic. Given that there's no trace of a ghastly radioactive current crossing the Pacific, can you explain why you keep saying there is?

Right.....clearly, the university is bullshitting.


Would love Ray to chime in on this.......

 

[Old Rocks]

Nuclear Expert: Fukushima spent fuel has 85 times more cesium than released at Chernobyl ? ?It would destroy the world environment and our civilization? an issue of human survival? -Former UN adviser | Department of Nuclear Engineering

Based on U.S. Energy Department data, assuming a total of 11,138 spent fuel assemblies are being stored at the Dai-Ichi site, nearly all, which is in pools. They contain roughly 336 million curies (~1.2 E+19 Bq) of long-lived radioactivity. About 134 million curies is Cesium-137 — roughly 85 times the amount of Cs-137 released at the Chernobyl accident as estimated by the U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP). The total spent reactor fuel inventory at the Fukushima-Daichi site contains nearly half of the total amount of Cs-137 estimated by the NCRP to have been released by all atmospheric nuclear weapons testing, Chernobyl, and world-wide reprocessing plants (~270 million curies or ~9.9 E+18 Becquerel).

It is important for the public to understand that reactors that have been operating for decades, such as those at the Fukushima-Dai-Ichi site have generated some of the largest concentrations of radioactivity on the planet.

Many of our readers might find it difficult to appreciate the actual meaning of the figure, yet we can grasp what 85 times more Cesium-137 than the Chernobyl would mean. It would destroy the world environment and our civilization. This is not rocket science, nor does it connect to the pugilistic debate over nuclear power plants. This is an issue of human survival. [...]

 

[Old Rocks]

Insight: After disaster, the deadliest part of Japan's nuclear clean-up | Reuters

"There is a risk of an inadvertent criticality if the bundles are distorted and get too close to each other," Gundersen said.

He was referring to an atomic chain reaction that left unchecked could result in a large release of radiation and heat that the fuel pool cooling system isn't designed to absorb.

"The problem with a fuel pool criticality is that you can't stop it. There are no control rods to control it," Gundersen said. "The spent fuel pool cooling system is designed only to remove decay heat, not heat from an ongoing nuclear reaction."

The rods are also vulnerable to fire should they be exposed to air, Gundersen said.

The fuel assemblies are situated in a 10 meter by 12 meter concrete pool, the base of which is 18 meters above ground level. The fuel rods are covered by 7 meters of water, Nagai said.

The pool was exposed to the air after an explosion a few days after the quake and tsunami blew off the roof. The cranes and equipment normally used to extract used fuel from the reactor's core were also destroyed.

Tepco has shored up the building, which may have tilted and was bulging after the explosion, a source of global concern that has been raised in the U.S. Congress.

 

[Old Rocks]

And here is the denial of a couple of years ago. A person calling experts on the situation liars. Now we are seeing the true extent of the danger from the melted cores, the pools of spent rods, and the radioactive water that has to must be continually increased in amount because without the water being pumped in, the pools would catch fire and go critical. All of this was denied two years ago, in an attempt to put a better face on this disaster.

As I explain in the above video, nothing could be farther from the truth. The sources of the lies have a well established history of lying to the public about themselves, about nuclear technology and about the possibilities of accidents. The quartet most closely associated with this myth are Robert Alvarez, Arnie Gundersen, Kevin Kamps and Paul Gunter. All of them were quoted in a story that ran on Alternet.org titled The Worst Yet to Come? Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb

Debunking the Fukushima Spent Fuel Fable - Atomic Insights

 

[Old Rocks]

http://www.ips-dc.org/files/3202/IPS-RA-Report-FactSheet-web.pdf

 

[Old Rocks]

Definately worst case, but even best case scenerios are pretty bad for Fukushima;

Fukushima apocalypse: Years of ?duct tape fixes? could result in ?millions of deaths? ? RT News

 

[Againsheila]

Breaking News: Fukushima Radiation Affecting Americans And There's No Way To Stop It | Elite Daily

I don't know about the rest of you, but this has me scared. Why isn't our government doing anything about this and what can we do ourselves?

 

[Old Rocks]

First, the US and Russia would have to force the Japanese government to let us help them. Given the asian feelings about preservation of 'face', that is not going to happen. Second, this is an absolutely beautiful example of a private company handling a problem far to big for it's expertise and pocketbook.

Not a damned thing we can do about it. If the pool goes critical, then the other pools do the same, going to be the biggest catastrophe in the human history of the world.

 

[Saigon]

Certainly I do think it is an environmental catastrophe, and certainly it is not doing Japan's reputation for technological excellence any favours.

And certainly this could impact marine life over a massive area. Given Japan's diet, this could be devastating for them.

It's just a shame that the OP lacks the reading skills to understand his own material.

 

[skookerasbil]

Hmmm.......but according to Mamooth, Fukishima is akin to a forest fire!!

 

[Unkotare]

First, the US and Russia would have to force the Japanese government to let us help them. Given the asian feelings about preservation of 'face', that is not going to happen.

That was kind of a dumb thing to say.