Fukushima is lost. World's second zone of alienation

#26
#26
That would be interesting. I know someone who works for Areva and spent time working as a liaison to the Japanese nuclear agency back in the early 2000s. However, I haven't been able to contact the person in several weeks.
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I got a job with a dry cask storage company. Business might be picking up if talks keep going where they're going right now, which is away from spent fuel pool storage.
 
#27
#27
Warm weather is definitely a magnet for the homeless.

So are all the free social programs they have around here (many are simple non-profits). In general I've noticed bums in Portland tend to be more passive than in other areas, particularly the sun belt.
 
#28
#28
I got a job with a dry cask storage company. Business might be picking up if talks keep going where they're going right now, which is away from spent fuel pool storage.

Good luck! And...I very much believe that business will be picking up.
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#29
#29
I don't think so. Partial meltdown? Definitely Full meltdown? Likely. Melted through the reactor vessel? Likely. Melted through the primary containment? Not likely, though it could be leaking. Melted through the containment building? No.
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I was told it hasn't. This was given 3rd party from a person on our side actually over there.

I think they're all gonna be scraped though based on what he has said.
 
#30
#30
I was told it hasn't. This was given 3rd party from a person on our side actually over there.

I think they're all gonna be scraped though based on what he has said.

The situation isn't pretty, but I don't think that we've melted through the containment building floor. We are likely seeing leaks from the torus of reactor 2, and possibly dry well leaks at reactor 3. This could definitely mean that heavily contaminated water is collecting in the basements and leaking at some rate into the bedrock, if the floor is severly cracked, or into the ocean through gaskets/pipes that are likely damaged from the explosions and earthquakes.

I still think that we have some time before we are in the clear. There are still some unattractive scenarios out there.
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#31
#31
Fukushima is lost, and it will be entombed in concrete.

I believe it was confirmed one of the reactors had a full meltdown.

We are less than three weeks away from the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, and the world will have its second zone of alienation in that time.

The great disappointment has been the performance of the Japanese, IMHO. These people, who have suffered the most outrageous wartime nuclear tragedies, have been almost as mendacious and secretive as their Russian counterparts 25 years ago.

This is breaking on Google News about 30 minutes ago:

Japan says Fukushima plant to be scrapped
You trying to say that was a bad decision?
 
#32
#32
You trying to say that was a bad decision?

We discussed that in another thread. No one here is saying that. It was still a tragedy all the same, if a lesser one than the alternative.
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#33
#33
We discussed that in another thread. No one here is saying that. It was still a tragedy all the same, if a lesser one than the alternative.
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My apologies. I honestly thought he was trying to take a a shot at the US.
 
#39
#39
I know our office is doing it through the American Red Cross.

That's what I did with the Tsunami that hit Thailand.

Wasn't sure if the monies went directly to the target (e.g. Japan) or simply went into the overall budget of the Redcross where ever they operate (if that makes sense).
 
#40
#40
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