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Leak at Fukushima appears to be lessening
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| April 5, 2011
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Posted on 04/05/2011 3:09:21 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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Maybe the hardest working people on earth are accomplishing something here in a very difficult situation. Maybe some credit is due...??
To: La Enchiladita
Oh no! What will the whiners and pantywaists wring their hands over now?
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posted on
04/05/2011 3:15:18 PM PDT
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.----------In the same way Rush is balance, I am consensus.)
To: La Enchiladita
I do afford them credit and my prayers are with them.
To: arderkrag
“Oh no! What will the whiners and pantywaists wring their hands over now?”
OH CRUMBS!!!!! YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!!
To: La Enchiladita
That is good news. However, right now they are intentionally releasing radioactive water from # 5 and #6 because they fear losing control of those two reactors next. We do have two more reactors that have yet to explode. And #5 experienced significantly more ground motion then it was rated for. My guess was the leak at #2 was to cover the intentional release at #5 and #6. Paradoxically, It is also how these guys do business.
To: justa-hairyape
As I understand it, and I am nowhere near an expert, the release of the water is how they are avoiding meltdown. Also, ground motion was not what disturbed the reactors, but it was the overwhelming tsunami. Again, this is according to many reports.
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posted on
04/05/2011 3:35:00 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
To: La Enchiladita
The reason they shutdown the reactors automatically when a certain ground motion has been reached, is so they can later expect for damage and certify the plant was not damaged. They have not been able to properly inspect and certify the plants due to the followup tsunami. So we do not know what damage the earthquake has caused.
And yes, if they did not release this water, it would be much worse for air breathers. They have decided to kill the fishes and save the humans. Tough choice if you ask me.
To: justa-hairyape
They have decided to kill the fishes and save the humans. Tough choice if you ask me. Not really. Man has dominion over the animals.
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posted on
04/05/2011 3:41:33 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: justa-hairyape
expect should be inspect.
And please do not ask me who that image represents. Do not want them after me. You will have to figure that out on your own.
To: dfwgator
To: justa-hairyape
Or “I’d Rather Be Fission.”
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posted on
04/05/2011 4:06:30 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: La Enchiladita
Leak at Fukushima appears to be lessening
Lessening - is that a word?
How about decreasing.
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posted on
04/05/2011 4:07:17 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: La Enchiladita
Good news.
I have not paid too much attention to this event since I had to basically tell a few IDIOTIC FReepers that the sky was not falling an we are not going to all die (from radiation).
I like to believe we FReepers are tough, intelligent and rational beings, but this has really brought the wussies out of the bureau (or wherever the wussies hide). Thanks for the post.
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posted on
04/05/2011 4:23:18 PM PDT
by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.)
To: oh8eleven
The word out now is that it has stopped as per Tepco.
To: oh8eleven
Journalism graduate lexicon:
Decreasing: what a launderer does
Lessening: what a journalism teacher does
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posted on
04/05/2011 4:45:15 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
To: justa-hairyape
The radioactive water is coming from the spent fuel pools. Those are outside the concrete containment building which houses the reactor.
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posted on
04/05/2011 4:50:30 PM PDT
by
meatloaf
To: meatloaf
Source???
They are using feed and bleed on the reactors and spent fuel storage.
To: RummyChick
To: meatloaf
Radioactive ground water is filling up the lower sections of the buildings. They have pumped it into the storage tanks they are now bleeding. The radioactive water forces them to abandon the buildings and will damage equipment. Different situation then what initially caused the loss of control in 1,2,3 and 4. At any rate, cracks reported in the #5 building.
Fukushima Daiichi Reactors 5-6 Stability Under Threat 04.04.11
To: RummyChick
Can never open those physicsforum threads. Fails to find website.
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