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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:45 AM Original message |
The crippled Fukushima plant now rates six on a seven-point international scale of gravity for nucle |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Details needed, why 6 all of a sudden. nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I believe because |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Got it. Thanks. nt |
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Lastactiongyro (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. As of 9:29am central half the pile is now submerged. But last night |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Not simple exposure to the air. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. it has not been rated 6. lacoste expressed his opinion and possibly the opinion of his agency. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not sure what Patricia is talking about, there are no and have never been nuke pw plants here in NV. |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yep OP is incorrect, no nukes in Nevada, ... |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Doesn't the dam provide most of Las Vegas' power |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. No, most of Hoover's power goes to California and Arizona. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Maybe she's referring to the town of Nevada, Iowa |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. (Since the edit period has long-passed): Double derp, I meant to thank CRH for reminding me of Hoovr |
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Ferret Annica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Navada is where Yucca Mt. is, where much nuclear waste has been buried |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. For those who thought they were covering up the severity before |
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vicarofrevelwood (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. NV has to be a misprint. but that aside... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. No nuke plants in Nevada.... |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. It looks like the left was right about nuclear plants, too-- right again. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. LaCoste has been saying this should be rated higher from the start |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Those scales are rules of thumb with mathematical accuracy. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Thanks for that clarification |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. CORRECTION: I meant 'without mathematical accuracy' |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Actually, I think I read it that way instead of the way you wrote it |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It's quite possible they don't really know. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Good point about the instrumentation |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Definitely this is going to change Japan, politically and culturally. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Agree with that |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. I wonder |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I'm certain that's exactly what they're doing, I mean it's Japan. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. lacoste can say anything he likes. but he's not in charge of rating incidents. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. Kicked and recommended. |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Japan crisis worse than Three Mile Island, experts say |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yay, we are now number three!!!! |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Is there anyone who doesn't think this is worse than Three Mile Island? n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yes, just hold on for the tappy feet brigade |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I think you're right about the dragging out part. If I understood |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Salt water is an oxidizer |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yes...no, I understand....I was correcting my reply as you wrote |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. Fuck the reactor! Use sea water! |
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Travelman (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Well, that's not really saying much |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. why aren't they spraying frozen helium on it? simple water is beyond stupid, |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Helium would expand too quickly, so you have another explosion problem. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. helium is not explosive, whatabout frozen nitrogen? hell, what about |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-16-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I like the ice idea. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-17-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Oh, and then there's this problem: |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's not getting much better... |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Basicly a good idea... |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. $61.45 (quarter)??? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. I think it's an 8 on the 7 point scale |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. Things are indeed a lot worse than had been revealed so far. |
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