Nuclear Power Plant Crisis - Critical

Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:44 am by Gnomore

edit: News is turning bad by the hour. All workers have been evacuated from the plants. Hearing news that one of the reactors has no containment.
I have moved this to a global announcement. Asking members to stay on top of this and post whatever they can find.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... n.nuclear/

Workers at a nuclear power plant in north-central Japan are having trouble cooling the reactor and authorities have asked nearby residents to evacuate, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said at a news conference Friday.

Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:30 am by wordnerd

Good grief. These people just experienced an 8.9 quake, a tsunami, fires, buidings collapsing, etc.... and now a possible nuclear explosion

Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:04 am by Gnomore

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1104a ... plant.html

Japan's nuclear safety agency ordered more than 2,800 people in the area to evacuate following the government's declaration of a state of emergency at the plant.

The quake triggered a power failure and when a backup generator also failed, the cooling system was unable to supply water to cool the reactor. The reactor core remains hot even after a shutdown.

The agency said plant workers were scrambling to restore the water supply. There was no prospect for an immediate success.

Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:06 am by Gnomore

Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:06 am by Satori

what to expect if a quake of this size ever occurs off of the Cali coast

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/1 ... -Entire-US

Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:12 am by Widgeon

The moderator rods are supposed to fall automatically under such scenarios. The fact that they are working at trying to cool it mean the rods malfunctioned (IMHO).

If those rods can't be inserted this will meltdown.

Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:13 am by mcgowanjm

Gnomore wrote:http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1104ap_as_japan_quake_power_plant.html

The agency said plant workers were scrambling to restore the water supply. There was no prospect for an immediate success.

Bloomberg:

Pressure in Fukushima Reactor 1.5 times rated capacity.

German techs being flown in.

Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:14 am by mcgowanjm

Anyone want to build a reactor now?

And how many reactors on the California Coast?

Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:17 am by Frothing

The Dolly Parton memorial near San Onofre is only 20 miles from me. I need to get out of here, I really do.

Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:29 am by Yankee Farmer

Forgive my ignornace, what kind of world impact are looking at if they do have a meltdown over there? I would imagine ton's of radiation being released etc, but is it worse than a nuclear weapon going off? Or will it just burn and release a lot of radiation?

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