Japan Earthquake/Tsunami

Even tho im still reading on page 9 and were at 30 somthing...

Thanx Dale.

I'm like the fact that its live, up to date b.c the time is on the tv there.. counting.. and well we are 4-5 hours behind ya...in Canada, On Eastern Ontario, Canada.

Would probably mean the same, after like it was in WW2, after...


...well that story is 50 something years old, and I kind of don't want to bring it up... some are still afflicted by that...

I would assume, neighbouring countries or partnered countries would lend a hand and do so. I'm sure Prime Minster Harper, Pres. Obama and selected or ALL OF UN would have some form of stimulus and plans of what to do in case of things like this, would happen.

Wow, I really like this....


a war torned area, is donating.. good job!



The wars with Libya, and Afghanistan, should stop effective immediatley, and the world should concentrate on this.

However, this is not a Utopian world, so I highly think this will happen...

Unfortunately, I think a time like this when everyone's focus is on Japan, would be the perfect time for enemy forces to strike

Lolwat. Hey Lybia! Stop fighing for your freedom you ***, didnt you hear there was a quake in japan.

You should be focusing on that now, not ousting that lunatic dictator of yours.

Until there is actually parts of the core being shot out into the sky (or burned there stupid graphite fire) there is no real need to worry.

There really is no difference between containment and enough containment. You either have the stuff contained or you don't.

Dude, log in. Let's go farm up a Kirin pop.

Yea if these folks are doing their best to help jp any place else not doing their best should be ashamed of themselves.

Why you taunts me. I see my avi over your fat taru head as you say that

Oh snap, so if the mayor of my city donates money I'm off the hook? Well thats good to know.

JAPAN QUAKE SHIFTED EARTH'S AXIS BY TEN INCHES

I just love how skeptics are pointing blame...its mother nature..

Christ!!!!<facepalm>

People and their personal views, just make me shake my head sometimes..

Can't we have Chicago a little more closer to the equator?

What are you implying?

I was hoping the tear would be in Hell, Michigan =(

also no wonder My body's felt a bit off since Friday... I thought It was just me =x

btw AT&T U-verse is showing NHK (TV Japan) for free for a few days, I heard.

the channel for me is 3680.

Containment is the big issue. The fuel can meltdown, and as long as it remains in the containment vessel, the public isn't at risk. At this point the reactors that have reached meltdown status are pretty much irreparably ruined and will have to be rebuilt, though.

It's also worth pointing out that much of the death toll associated with Chernobyl can be directly attributed to the government's mishandling of the situation. They took a very long time to get civilians out of the surrounding area, and did not immediately warn them of the dangers -- people were out and about the night of the explosion, watching the pretty (highly radioactive) fire at the plant. I just don't see the Japanese government behaving in such a manner, especially when they've got the world media breathing down their necks.

Ya true... I was talking to a few friends who don't play ffxi, and we got debating.. about nuclear issues.. saying that we know quite a bit about starting these nuclear reactors, yes, no problem, but its finding a way to shut these down, faster and safer. You see, building them, and getting them started, seems to be no problem and all.
Its the "how to" getting them shut down fast enough to not become a safety issue, and being called a Nuclear Core and once started, I don't think you can shut them down very easily... its a intense procedure, and I kind of thought you could not shut down a reactor core, once its started.....

just my opinion...

Things seem pretty quiet right now, I've had the BBC live feed up but it's just been replaying the same stuff. Hopefully the Fukushima problems have finally begun to turn towards resolution.

the worse has yet to be realized, I'm afraid. BBC is now reporting a volcano in southern japan has begun spewing ash and lava

Hmmm...Japan....nuclear radiation levels...just add some baby lizards and we got the making's of some homegrown Godzilla.

It's actually alot easier to shut them down then start them up usually. Even a full shutdown procedure is much faster. And if something bad is happening you can just drop all the rods and be fully shut down in a second or so. This will pretty much always work unless the path ways are blocked which pretty much means you already had core dmg and things have already melted/buckled/deformed etc. And well even if everyone was braindead or just plain dead automatic protective electronics should force a scram anyways. Even in the event of something like that or recriticality from stuff melting back together and such we can always pump in boron to chemically shutdown the reactor. The problem with that is before you can start it back up you got to pretty much flush every last bit of boron out which is a hassle and a half. Plus you just made alot of nuclear waste you got to dispose of.

Depends on what you mean by shutdown. Yes there will always and forever be nuclear reactions going on. And fission products will continue to decay for a very long time as will activated material such as Co or Mn. Though most of them are done within a couple months. Well most is done within a day but yeah. Heck immediately after shut down you are producing about 7% of whatever thermal output you had before shutdown from just radioactive decay. But that drops off to half a percent after a day. A month or 2 ambient heat losses are enough to the point you actually have to heat the water up to keep it from getting too cool. But then again even before initial startup there were some spontaneous fissions that could go on to cause more. Without these "source" neutrons you couldn't start the reactor up regardless of the control rods without like shooting it with some.

Too much F*cking snow this winter :S

I know... It's melting now though... LOL