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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:29 AM Original message |
3.000.000 gallons of poisoned atomic water just got dumped in the Pacific |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is outrageous. I get that they have to do something with it but dumping it into the ecosystem |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. So what do you do with that many gallons of water, |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Bury it I suppose. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. They possess the ability to filter out particulates. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Personal fines and jail time would work too ........ |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. The ocean is becoming (and some places is) a sewer for mankind's crap. Humans will |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. recommend |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. 3 trillion gallons?...nt |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. million....but that is what they are admitting to. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Ah. Your headline is confusing... |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. :0) I changed it already. |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. and in a related article...Japan apologizes to S.Korea for water release |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. OK, Sid, why are you denigrating brussel sprouts? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Just to get us brussel sprouts lovers dander up |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
56. brussel sprouts are terrible...but, last week at a wedding. they were wrapped in bacon |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. And the whiz-kid engineers defense: "Who would have THOUGHT" |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The site worked as designed for almost 40 years. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Its not a white hot mess?,, or is it a Turd and your putting a bow on it. |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. +1000 n/t |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. there's evidence of a past tsunami in the same area... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. From what I hear from folks who study this issue here in California - that is |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I've heard that claim elsewhere, here. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I second that |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Again, as was posted when I originally wrote about this, |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. So who is this Mr. Sato? |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I found this: |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. That tsunami occurred more than 1200 years ago |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Here's an idea, then: as a baseline, why don't they figure the amount of time |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. I like it. Great idea. n/t |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Tsunamis don't have to be a regular occurance.... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
43. The worst 20th century tsunami was Lituya Bay, Alaska, in 1958 |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. RC said: And BTW, it's not a "white hot mess". |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Oh, well played. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. "A few more years and they would have decommissioned that site." |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. nice summary |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. "I had almost made it home from the bar, officer, when I ran over that pedestrian" |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Your post would be a "DUzy" if you weren't serious...n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. "A world record setting tsunami is not something you can really prepare for." |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Even if they decommissioned it - the fuel ponds would still be |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Yep, it is just about always "Nothing to see here." |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. dupe |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Yet they have apparently been trying for 15 years to add 2 more reactors to that site |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. For the win! |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Tokyo's still there, the last time I checked |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. Good bye Oceans |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. More like good bye Us |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
27. This about 4.5 olympic swimming pools. Not a whole lot. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 05:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. To put it in perspective |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. I have turned 100% anti-nuke after Japan. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. You put it well |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. I'm in complete agreement. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. i think this deserves its own post...well said. |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
33. Dilution is the solution to pollution. -Chief ELT for my boat |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
35. Hey, look on the bright side: |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
39. Really don't see any good outcomes from this |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I suspect the folks floating that idea are just yahoos who like to see stuff blow up. |
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Life Long Liberal (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
49. Wow! |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
59. Umm.. 3 million gallons in the Pacific is like a thimble full in an Olympic sized pool.. |
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