Japan's Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant Explodes! (Longer Version)

[Turborama]

Run time: 03:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFwsyD1ZCVc   Posted on YouTube: March 12, 2011 By YouTube Member: ProducerMatthew Views on YouTube: 314   Posted on DU: March 12, 2011 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 2833

 
From 1:45 they start discussing a diagram of the plant and what's happened. It's in Japanese so any translations would be gratefully received.

Another version with close-ups: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GroZfBZ_RqY

http://www.nucleartourist.com/world/japan.htm">Japan has 53 nuclear power plants


Recent Seismic Activity Around Japan

[sabrina 1]

1. Just saw that on RT. How awful, those poor people.

RT is saying that the plant may be in meltdown. They are waiting for a statement from officials.

[sabrina 1]

2. Fuel Rods damaged ~

[Turborama]

3. Sky News just reported that a Japanese politician has announced a radioactive leakage has happened

[abqmufc]

4. All that steam (smoke) is radioactive. This is meltdown.

What you are watching in font of you is a nuclear core meltdown, make no mistake.

Any steam or smoke coming from the reactor building is radioactive.

[sabrina 1]

6. I just saw an emergency post on Twitter saying that

all attempts to save the plant have been stopped! Can't verify that yet, going to check out RT (Russian/English TV) which is doing live reports and has footage of the plant.

But, would that mean that it is too late and that it is in meltdown, if that report is true?

[abqmufc]

8. Personally meltdown was known probably 4 hours ago minimal.

[hourglass1]

13. stop it

you witnessed an explosion when high hydrogen levels met with outside oxygen - it is not in the reactor containment building - please expend energy by joining with workers to defeat the oligarchy. get off the sofa ... i am here and will tell you when you are in danger ...
right now my neighbors are cold, tired, hungry and have no idea what tomorrow will bring ...

cheers, all

[sabrina 1]

5. Yes, most news now saying there is a possible 'nuclear crisis'

in Japan. Tried to post this before, but it didn't post for some reason:

3:04pm

Japanese nuclear authorities say there is a high possibility that nuclear fuel rods at a reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPC) Fukushima Daiichi plant may be melting or have melted, Jiji news agency reports.

Experts have said that if the fuel rods have been damaged, it means that it could develop into a breach of the nuclear reactor vessel and the question then becomes one of how strong the containment structure around the vessel is and whether it has been undermined by the earthquake – and if it can withstand the likely aftershocks.

Don't have the link to actual news site, it seems to be a Japanese news report. Jiji is the news agency.

[Turborama]

7. The BBC news website has a really good explainer on nuclear fuel reactors with diagrams

Here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/sci_nat/05/nuclear_fuel/html/reactor.stm

[abqmufc]

9. Breaking...WSJ, pools leak into sea!

I am too tired to copy all...but holy crap this is the article that seems to show the extent. It mentions 4 reactors at possible threat levels, not 1.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703555404576195700301455480.html

[hourglass1]

14. murdock news

[LawnKorn]

10. We're seeing the homes of 1,000,000 people made uninhabitable - permanently

On top of the devastation around the country, now an additional million Japanese will be forced into the shelters.

[abqmufc]

11. Levels of radioactive material in sea remain constant over 10 years

Thursday 21st October, 02:10 AM JST

TOKYO —
"Levels of the radioactive substance Cesium 137, which fell into the sea due to Cold War-era atmospheric nuclear tests, have remained constant in waters near Japan for roughly 10 years, study results showed Wednesday.

A team of researchers headed by Michio Aoyama, the chief researcher at the Meteorological Research Institute of the Japanese Meteorological Agency, has found that despite a decrease at the rate of Cesium 137’s half-life, or about 30 years, levels have remained constant due to the inflow of the substance on the oceanic current from the south.

‘‘We still have traces of nuclear tests’’ conducted by nuclear powers, such as the United States and the Soviet Union, between 1945 and 1980, Aoyama said, adding that the substance poses no environmental threat due to its infinitesimal concentration."

http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/levels-of-radioactive-material-in-sea-remain-constant-over-10-years-2

It seems Japan has had a longterm issue with Cesium 137 in the Sea of Japan since the Cold War!

[JJW]

12. Last night Katie Couric

said the plants were under control and there was NO threat of a radioactive release. Sounds like her reporting on BP oil disaster. Move along folks, nothing to see here.

[neoralme]

15. Katie Couric does NOT belong on the news.

dddd

[humanityisfree]

16. Nuclear Power is totally safe!

Here is another downside of president Obama tempering his Energy message to meet the demands of people who probably didn't even vote for him...
Nuclear material is...wait for it...RADIO-ACTIVE! Its not good for me, you, the seas, the plants, animals, or the planet - and even if something like this only happens once every 30 years - is it really worth it? Its a fallacy - like "clean coal" like "Natural gas", "safe deep water oil drilling" these are polluters now matter how you use them...and the more they are used, the more these accidents will occur.

[hourglass1]

17. remove this video

incorrect and very fox newsy

[Turborama]

18. Radiation leaks from Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant

Reuters article in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4767391

10:59pm
Of 90 people from within the 10km exclusion zone around Fukushima nuclear power plant tested, three have given positive results for radiation exposure, says Japanese public broadcaster NHK. That's just over three per cent.

Some 45,000 people who live within the 10km radius were told to evacuate their homes in the early hours of this morning, when pressure inside reactors was building rapidly.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/live-blog-japan-earthquake

Three people who were seeking refuge near the Fukushima No 1 nuclear plant were exposed to radiation when a building housing one of its reactors exploded earlier on Saturday, Kyodo News reports.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/12/japan-earthquake-tsunami-aftermath-live#block-34