Militant anti-nuclear group "Scyphozoa" attack cooling systems and shut down 3 nuclear plants

kristopher

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Thu Jul-07-11 05:58 PM
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Militant anti-nuclear group "Scyphozoa" attack cooling systems and shut down 3 nuclear plants

Jellyfish Invasions Force Shutdowns at 3 Separate Nuclear Plants
By Natalie Wolchover
updated 7/7/2011 1:50:20 PM ET

A nuclear power plant on the coast of Israel was forced to shut down this week when its seawater cooling system became clogged with jellyfish. A similar incident temporarily disabled two nuclear reactors at the Torness power station on the Scottish coast last week. A week before, a reactor in Shimane, Japan was crippled by yet another jellyfish infiltration.

Amid speculation that warm waters and ocean acidification � both driven by climate change � are boosting jellyfish populations, are these three incidents signs of a growing trend?

"The several that happened recently aren't enough to indicate a global pattern. They certainly could be coincidental," said Monty Graham, a jellyfish biologist and senior marine scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab off the Gulf Coast of Alabama...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43673597/ns/technology_and_science-science/

It's a planned conspiracy I tell you, and it started in Japan.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5573968&ps=rs

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14912443

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leveymg

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Thu Jul-07-11 06:08 PM
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1. I hear they look alien or Muslim, or something.

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Steepler0t

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Thu Jul-07-11 06:50 PM
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2. Jellyfish

with a better grasp on the world then humanity.

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pscot

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Thu Jul-07-11 07:29 PM
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3. Sounds like a 50's sci fi thriller

Hatrack can play the heroic scientist. We'll put Xemasab in white, one-piece swim suit. The jelly fish will play themselves. We can start shooting with cellphone cameras tomorrow down at the municipal waterworks. It's bound to be big in Japan.

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SpoonFed

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Fri Jul-08-11 05:25 AM
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4. You had me worried for a moment...

Edited on Fri Jul-08-11 05:26 AM by SpoonFed

before my first coffee of the day. I thought, wow, that's great :sarcasm:... that's all we need are some nutters helping the nuclear filth escape! :nuke: The nuke industry seems to be doing a fine job on it's own.

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kestrel91316

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Sat Jul-09-11 12:22 AM
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5. Shades of the novel (translated from the German) The Swarm......

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Nederland

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Sat Jul-09-11 12:39 AM
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6. It is a conspiracy

The jellyfish know that they will benefit from climate change, and they know nuclear power is the only thing that can stop it, so...

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