JT! Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 ^ Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Mallinson Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Have they not just changed the magnitude of the earthquake too 9? Edited March 13, 2011 by Milo123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I believe that the end of 'the' Mayan calendar is equivocal to us reaching December 31st on our calendars. Literally no biggie. My Hardcore Sluts calender ended in December 2010...the world didn't end then. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I am, and you are very wong people. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topsy Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 How's that actually with the overheating powerplants? Did authorities really confirm that one's soon going to blow up or is that a rumour? btw, one of those super volcanoes could end everything pretty fast, no matter which year it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 This vid really makes you realize how f**ked up the situation was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 ah what, a 3rd explosion over night chucking out high radiation levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 EDIT: after skim reading This Sounds as if the cooling equiment for the reactor is fecked, which is what happened at chernobyl... The cooling equipment wasn't fecked at Cherynobl - the reactor/generator system was in a slightly unstable (by design) during a test of the emergency procedures. A flaw in the design of the control rods led to a spike in the reactor ouput which caused the initial explosion. It was all downhill from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 (edited) ah what, a 3rd explosion over night chucking out high radiation levels Yeah heard the same breaking news on Sky News this morning. The radiation levels coming out are not much greater than going to hospital for a crt scan. Edited March 15, 2011 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 japan has this earthquake business better sorted than everyone thinks... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Surely this cannot be compared to Cherynobl; that was a fully functioning plant, I assume the one in Japan was shutdown at the first sign of an Earthquake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 To be fair though, the first sign of an earthquake tends to be when the ground starts moving though. Not exactly a lot of time to sort shit out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Anscombe Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Don't get him started. What ever dude ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Mallinson Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 To be fair though, the first sign of an earthquake tends to be when the ground starts moving though. Not exactly a lot of time to sort shit out. Do the reactors not have automatic emergency shut downs I would of though they would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topsy Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 I think they did start shutting down straight after/whilst the earthquake. Anyways, they now managed to drop water a few times over reactor 3 & 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Its bad enough that search and rescue efforts are being hampered by bad weather, and bureaucracy red tape because British rescue teams are not being provided with the right paperwork when they arrive in japan and are being told to go back. Foreign secretary William Hague, needs to get things rolling with the rescue efforts now and worry less about proper channels for international rescue operations. Thunderbirds are not go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Do the reactors not have automatic emergency shut downs I would of though they would. No idea, but I know it isn't an on/off switch. Starting up and shutting down the reactors can take some substantial time. Can't remember the exact numbers but I think around half an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 No idea, but I know it isn't an on/off switch. Starting up and shutting down the reactors can take some substantial time. Can't remember the exact numbers but I think around half an hour. There's no scientific evidence for it, but that's a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 had no idea about this, been on on 90 square miles of military training area playing action man for 2 weeks, wondered why i had loads of jokes about japan come through lmao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 No idea, but I know it isn't an on/off switch. Starting up and shutting down the reactors can take some substantial time. Can't remember the exact numbers but I think around half an hour. Yeah, the reactors can be SCRAMed which in an emergency shutdown procedure. Dunno how long it takes (having just had a look at wikipedia , takes four seconds), but none of the reactors were producing full power when the cooling systems failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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