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| Thread ID: 116606 | 2011-03-11 23:25:00 | Nuclear Power stations in NZ - Yes or No? | zqwerty (97) | PC World Chat |
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| 1185314 | 2011-03-12 23:15:00 | Chernobyl anyone ? I'm sure some anti-nuclear lobbyists at least hoping for "narrow escape from a Chernobyl situation". Anyone care to give me a rough estimate of the number of deaths from "conventional" sources of energy generation (including the internal combustion engine) in the 50-odd years since the first nuclear reactor? I sincerely hope the leak is contained efficiently and boosts confidence in nuclear enegy rather than damaging it. |
argus (366) | ||
| 1185315 | 2011-03-13 00:06:00 | Remind me not be a 'First Responder" | Digby (677) | ||
| 1185316 | 2011-03-13 00:18:00 | Picture #1 (www.csmonitor.com) - Relevant this thread. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1185317 | 2011-03-13 00:48:00 | :rolleyes: Theres some melted Ice Cream on the sink bench in the container from last night - does that count as a melt down :p :D I think zqwert counts that.:rolleyes: |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1185318 | 2011-03-13 00:54:00 | Having a serious nuclear accident at the same time as the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan, it is not surprising that the news from the Fukushima plant is still confused and confusing. The situation is not helped by the medias' typical dooms-day response. Every time there there is a traffic accident outside a nuclear facility, some expert will pop up to say there is no danger of a 'radiation leak'. But this one does look nasty. The video of the explosion clearly shows a shock-wave at the start, so 'explosion' does seem to be the right word here. In the absence of any further information, I can offer some pure speculation as to what might have happened. Reports describe this reactor as a boiling-water type, ie the water that cools the core is allowed to boil and supply the steam that powers the turbines. Today, that is regarded as not the smartest way to build a reactor, since the cooling water has to leave the reactor shell to reach the turbines, before being condensed and pumped back in. What might have occurred is this: as the core temperature reached dangerously high temperatures the water started to decompose into hydrogen into oxygen. Damage to the circulation system could allow a build-up of hydrogen in the reactor building with the danger of an explosion. Possibly, what we see in the video is a hydrogen explosion, which could certainly demolish the building and produce the shock wave visible in the video. As I say, pure speculation, and I might turn out to be wrong, but it does fit what is reported to have happened. |
Jayess64 (8703) | ||
| 1185319 | 2011-03-13 01:25:00 | good link wainui, lots of photos to view............ so sad, question........... this quake happened at what time? and how long before the tsunami hit the land? they didnt know it was coming did they? so they were still reacting to the quake when the water hit? apart from the original media interest on friday i have not seen much or heard much, so am just trying to put peices together...... and i presume now all exports from japan will be on hold to use for there nation? how will this effect the wider economy? beetle :illogical |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1185320 | 2011-03-13 02:08:00 | It'll be fine RX is at this moment fashioning tin foil hats with PF1 chat written on them, to distribute amongst us in the event of any fallout happening because of something said in this thread | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1185321 | 2011-03-13 02:13:00 | Jayess64 I think you may be right from what I have read etc. The amazing thing is that explosion seems to have blown all the walls of the building away. There is only the steel frame left. And I heard that the walls on those buildings are often upto 3 feet thick. That has to be a VERY powerful force to do that. All the walls gone and 3 foot thick ! And they say only 4 workers injured ! ? They might need not only some of those new PF1 helmets but some of those Chinese chemical toilets.... |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1185322 | 2011-03-13 02:17:00 | New Zealand still uses radiation in food proccessing. www.foodstandards.gov.au 8.9 was a fair bump and one wonders how some of NZ hotspots would stand up to such a shake. Our 6.3 was worse than the 7.1 and that's for sure. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1185323 | 2011-03-13 02:24:00 | I am for it, put it in lower North Island near Wellington.I thought everything had to be domiciled in Auckloand.? | Pato (2463) | ||
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