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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 08:53 AM Original message |
World's largest nuclear plant leaks radioactive water |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. Jesus. n/m |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well they said they were earthquake and fire proof. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. what and appropriate pic. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. God bless 'em, this sounds bad, I hope it doesn't effect much, any science experts? |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. the amount of water that leaked |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. The anti-Nukies don't care about those pesky things called facts. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. dupe |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Usually the facts come out slowly. Yesterday, they said there was NO radiation leak but just a fire |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Probably not that bad. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. "... a nuclear reactor ... in Niigata was ruptured ..." |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. They've edited the article since then. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I am not so likely to trust any numbers until the situation is clearer: |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
67. It all depends on what leaked and from where. |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oh My God |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. no, this is frightening. |
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stressfulreality (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. honestly i'm kinda surprised this doesn't happen more often n/t |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. It does... |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. A cautionary tale for everyone who wants to bring back nuke power in a big way! |
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lakeguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
65. yes, instead lets keep burning fossil fuels because only, what... |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. I always was amazed that Japan would have anything to with |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. "There are two kinds of concrete: that which has cracked and that which has not cracked yet," |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. the amount that leaked |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. We don't need nuclear power |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The UN Climate Chief states otherwise |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Funny, but his own countrymen are proving him wrong |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. A huge proportion of that wind is generated in the winter. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Actually the DOE addressed that in their report |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. Do you have a link to that DOE report? |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
58. There are a few problems with wind energy |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Some of those "problems" are bogus |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I like solar myself but that thing about storing energy kind of sounds easy to solve. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
50. So they'll just mop the floor and fire back up today, eh? |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. this is a completely different |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. That's what you say. So since it's completely different and |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. there was no explosion of the |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. I have slept within 75 feet of an at power reactor. |
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whathappened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. pray tell |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. 2 years for me. 16 years is the average for my bosses. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. Nuclear scare after Japan quake |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. Damn this seems ironic to me. About to get my kitty irradiated a few hours from now... |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Hope kitty will be OK. n/t |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. Lot's of hysteria before we even know how much damage (if any serious) was done |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Radioactive material leaking into the sea is never good |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Many a mickle makes a muckle." -- Scottish Proverb. . . |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. What radioactive material and how much? |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. 315 gallons |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That doesn't really say how much. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. linkage |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. But will the next earthquake related damage be so minor? |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. It's radioactive because it contains plant impurities. |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. How far is it from Hiroshima? From Nagasaki? In any case, look for HUGE demonstrations |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. how do you say "hey i'm glowing in the dark" in Japanese? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 10:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Oi, ore wa keikou shiteiru yo |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. OY?They must be one of the lost tribes. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. "hikatte iru" hou ga ii jya nai no? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. 315 gallons is nothing compared to the volume of the Sea of Japan. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Depends on How Much Radiation |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Water is a fantastic radiation barrier. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Gah, you beat me, I was going to post the same thing! |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Remind me, please, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Show me a windmill that produces energy at a steady rate. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Come to McCamey Texas and stand on the buttes with dozens |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. If the US would of invested the same of funds on alternatives like solar or wind............... |
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lakeguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
68. more deaths caused by wind than nuclear if you count |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yeah, if terrorists or earthquakes don't destroy them . . . they'll justmake us sick!!! |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-16-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hell in Albuquerque, NM |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. NUMBERS! |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-17-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
61. Re post 42 |
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