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Reactor fire at quake-hit Japan plant under control: govt
Breitbart ^ | March 15, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 03/15/2011 4:45:22 PM PDT by library user

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1 posted on 03/15/2011 4:45:26 PM PDT by library user
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To: library user

That didn’t take long.


2 posted on 03/15/2011 4:48:16 PM PDT by library user (Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
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From Reuters again :

Radiation poses only slight risk to nervous Tokyo: U.S. experts

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-japan-quake-health-idUSTRE72E9DL20110315

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Dozens of workers battling to control radiation at Japan’s stricken reactors face a far greater risk of developing cancer than normal, but Tokyo residents are within the safe range for exposure, U.S. nuclear experts said.

Radiation levels in Tokyo, one of the world’s most populous cities, rose 10 times above average Tuesday evening, spreading fear among many of the 33 million residents in the metropolitan area.

The best advice experts could give them was to stay indoors, close the windows and avoid breathing bad air — steps very similar to those for handling a smog alert or avoiding influenza.

While these steps may sound inconsequential, experts said the danger in Tokyo, while worrisome, is slight - at least for now.

“Everything I’ve seen so far suggests there have been nominal amounts of material released. Therefore, the risks are generally low to the population,” Jerrold Bushberg, who directs programs in health physics at the University of California at Davis, said in a telephone interview.

“There may be more significant risks for emergency workers on site. They are dealing with the occupational exposure, but not for the population at large.”

Fresh explosions Tuesday at the Fukushima plant, 180 miles north of Tokyo, released low levels of radiation, escalating a crisis triggered by last week’s massive earthquake and tsunami. With cooling systems knocked out, the fear is more blasts within the reactors at the complex could eventually cause a major radiation leak.

The levels measured around Tokyo at one point were 40 times above normal but have receded to 10 times. That amounts to roughly the same dose as a chest or abdominal CT scan.

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3 posted on 03/15/2011 4:48:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Spent nuke fuel pool may be boiling, further radiation leak feared

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/78267.html


4 posted on 03/15/2011 4:51:01 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour (With The Resistance...)
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This may not be good news for the anti-nuke people wishing for death and disaster in order to advance their agenda.


5 posted on 03/15/2011 4:57:55 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Yeah, but the weather girl on NHK is much prettier


6 posted on 03/15/2011 4:59:12 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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Obama votes present (by proxy).


7 posted on 03/15/2011 5:02:40 PM PDT by freebird5850 (Of course Obama loves his country...it's just that Sarah Palin loves mine!)
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They’re trying to push the “good” news out there right before the Nikkei opens for the day.


8 posted on 03/15/2011 5:03:50 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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Could be.


9 posted on 03/15/2011 5:05:27 PM PDT by library user (Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
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It is rather odd that there’s no details.


10 posted on 03/15/2011 5:05:58 PM PDT by library user (Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
I have the feeling that many employees at this plant are giving their lives to bring it under control.

I can't imagine the nightmare they're going through.

11 posted on 03/15/2011 5:11:57 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Public employee unions are the barbarian hordes of our time.)
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After two-day sell-off, Japan’s Nikkei opens up over 2 percent - CNBC


12 posted on 03/15/2011 5:13:27 PM PDT by library user (Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're lazy.)
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Up 312 now. Like everything is back to normal. /heavy sarc


13 posted on 03/15/2011 5:17:14 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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Nearly 500 now. Why not just double overnight everything is so peachy keen.


14 posted on 03/15/2011 5:18:29 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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“I have the feeling that many employees at this plant are giving their lives to bring it under control.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2689374/posts?page=1

The Fukushima 50: Not afraid to die


15 posted on 03/15/2011 5:21:50 PM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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Headline:

FIRE AT REACTOR PUT OUT. MEDIA AND PANICKY IDIOTS HARDEST HIT.


16 posted on 03/15/2011 5:50:01 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (The "11th Commandment" applies to Republicans, not RINOs.)
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Reactor fire at quake-hit Japan plant under control: govt

CNN dropped the ball on THAT one, eh?

17 posted on 03/15/2011 5:56:24 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Seems to be some BS from one side or the other. If the navy is moving their ships around to avoid radioactive fallout, there must be leakage from somewhere! Radiation is radiation. If there is stuff leaking there is a problem.


18 posted on 03/15/2011 5:57:29 PM PDT by jetson
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It would be great if I could believe all is well in Japan with this stuff. I really want to think that the systems put in place and the safeguards that many people put years in developing work or will work.

It is getting more and more difficult to maintain this confidence given the way in which the situation has degraded over the last week. I am not saying these things will “blow-up” but where exactly is this heading, what really is the most likely end result and what is the worst case scenario?

It seems they either do not know (most likely) or do not want to say. If it is the later, then they should be at least letting us know.

schu

19 posted on 03/15/2011 6:09:34 PM PDT by schu
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Live now on NHK, #4 is spewing white smoke (as they describe it), looks like steam to me? As a side note, hydrogen doesn’t burn like wood or gasoline. Since this reactor has been shut down for a considerable time, something else is maintaining the fires. Equipment? Wood, plastic? Who knows. Too much radiation for them to investigate. I’d sure like to see some southern California type firefighter helos dump water through the roof to flood the spent rod pool.


20 posted on 03/15/2011 6:34:36 PM PDT by glock rocks (I am Dyslexis of Borg. Your ass will be laminated.)
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