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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:11 AM Original message |
Japan scrambles to contain nuclear threat |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not yet. |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So, if cesium is being released, what would have exploded? |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. CNN reports pump system via website, but |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. there is always a small amount of fission products in the coolant. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Hydrogen gas, mixed with the right amount of oxygen |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. How do you cool the vessel |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They're preparing to pump seawater onto the reactor. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They need to build a new one anyway... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Trouble is a nuke plant requires lots and lots of water for cooling |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. They could build them in giant dirigibles. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yes, I understand why they build them next to the coast... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. proliferation is the problem |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. No, that is not an issue... |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Um, how about decommission all and move to wave energy? |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I do not think this proves... |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Thanks |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I could not agree with you more!!! |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I remembered our conversation about the complete Uranium cycle |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. So where does the "waste water" go? |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They typically use heat exchangers and condensers. |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thanks n/t |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. If the explosion was the result of the attempt to cool with seawater - it failed |
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