Mary Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 I will remember that when a disaster hits closer to your home guys. It's always easy to look at others and think, we won't have that trouble. But... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 This earthquake has been one of the largest in history and has been combined with a devestating Tsunami, so I think that rather than demonstrating the vulnerability of nuclear power stations, it has shown how robust they are. This hasn't been another Chernobyl by a long way. If the UK were to suffer an earthquake of that magnitude tomorrow the whole country would grind to a halt for the forseeable future, you only have to see what 2 inches of snow does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 And our power stations are not earth quake proof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Why we're not all going to die tomorrow: Â http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/13/fukushima-simple-explanation/ Â Very informative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Hardly worth the bother of evacuating 200,000 people from the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Possibly the fact that all their houses were washed away by the Tsunami had something to do with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Seems the problem has been nipped in the bud then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Oh Obs how we laughed at that quip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Seems the problem has been nipped in the bud then! Call me miserable but I do not think that any kind of gutter humour is appropriate under these circumstances, these people are suffering deprivation, I pray that we never experience in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Algy, you are correct. I would not like to be living there. Where do they start? What will they do for food and water AND sanitation? All we have to worry about is crap politicians and being under the thumb of Europe? Â My sympathies go out to all the Japanese. As Asp says, we couldn't hack it over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Well, it seems the ultimate answer to a "nuclear accident" is now being considered for the Fukashima Plant, as folk evacuate the area and even leave Japan - IE. to bury it. Presumably this will require the site to be encased in lead and, like the waste, left as a sterile testament to a high risk technology that we can't fully control? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Do you do anything else beside moan, Nuclear power along with its problems remains one of the few ways to meet energy demand for the World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Â As Asp says, we couldn't hack it over here. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Some "problems" Asp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Well aparently the radiation from one of the leak should reach us in about two weeks according to experts.... it will only be low level though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Time - distance - shielding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Star Trek, Star Wars and the magic shields weren't real were they Obs  So...... if even if low levels reach us then the time, distance and shielding aren't working sufficiently. If they had a massive and prolonged leak would we then get medium levels  My heart really does go out to all the people in Japan though, it must be awful for them. To suffer such a devastating earthquake and tsunami and to lose friends, family, homes and everything they own is hard enough to comprehend let alone to add to it all the threat of a nuclear emergency and/or disaster too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 My heart really does go out to all the people in Japan though, it must be awful for them. To suffer such a devastating earthquake and tsunami and to lose friends, family, homes and everything they own is hard enough to comprehend let alone to add to it all the threat of a nuclear emergency and/or disaster too. Â Me to Dizzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Time - of exposure. Distance - from source. Shielding - from gamma radiation. Think perhaps, as we're on the other side of the planet, we may just be OK, so don't be rushing for your iodine tablets just yet! However, having said that, believe we did cop for some high readings following the Chernobyl incident - suppose it depends on which way the wind blows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 believe we did cop for some high readings following the Chernobyl incident  Yup, nothing to worry about now though, tartan sheep quite recently got the all-clear:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scottish-sheep-farms-finally-free-of-chernobyl-fallout-2020059.html  And, what everyone else said about people in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 So no glow like the ready brek ad, after eating lamb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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