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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:06 PM Original message |
Hydrogen gas or steam explosion? Unit 3 March 14 |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Neither. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The media has reported that some of the explosions were steam explosions. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's possible that the one in #2 was. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Squirt steam and molten corium out the bottom through the control rod ports. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Not even science fiction... that's pure fantasy |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You speak with forked tongue. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Measured against your standard grasp of reality on the subject... |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. BOOM! |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You honestly think there's a reactor there without a lid on it? |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Where is it? Yes show me a picture of it. We can see it on Unit 1. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. There's a pile of debris sitting on top of it. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You think so? Where's the floor? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You don't see a pile of debris? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Looks like… |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. it is hydrogen, if it was steam, that would mean the vessel was already breached(which it is now)or |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. it could be steam if the breach occurred during the explosion |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. that's a possibility, but you would have thousands dead or near dead already from plutonium radiatio... |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Can you lay out that scenario? |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. a floor breach scenario |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Theres no burning graphite. It used water as a moderator. Which way was the wind blowing? |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. In this scenario, without graphite |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Don't know for sure. But the graphite burned and helped spread the radiation. Much more smoke. |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Unlikely and getting less likely |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Silly Pam |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. But..but...You and your friends told us that Fukushima was an statistical impossibility. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. And where did I or any of "my friends" say that? |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. you've downplayed everything from the get go. don't deny it. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I do deny it. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. They don't care. They don't care about anybody. |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. it's not downplayed.... |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. "Statistical impossibility" is MEANINGLESS |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Oh lordy... don't start with the air travel comparisons. |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Thanks - I had no idea. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I'm sure that they like air travel just fine. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. That already happened |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Extremely unlikely that there would be a criticality |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I think you missed the sarcasm tag. |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Genius has limits, and stupidity is boundless. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Pam - I hear you |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Amen to that.. Amen |
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