*NOW*- CNN Meltdown may be underway "catastrophic"

[underpants]

Just read it on the air... and then went to commercial :eyes:


Meltdown may be under way at Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactor, an official with Japan's safety agency says.

http://www.cnn.com/

[opihimoimoi]

1. CHINA SYNDROME....ve are doomed...

[Thunderstruck]

2. Oh it's nothing. Everything is going to be OK. Don't worry about it.

:sarcasm: <--- I've learned some need it

[pokerfan]

43. So long as it's not another Chernobyl...

:sarcasm:

[thewiseguy]

3. which one?

[sixmile]

5. one of the two

did not elaborate.

[jannyk]

4. very possibly, although they said reactor #4 and it was #3 in the latest trouble

#3 is about to release more radioactive steam

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

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2252: Reuters: Operators are preparing to release radioactive steam from the number three reactor at Fukushima No. 1 plant, after the cooling system failed there


I'd like to see an alternate source and BBC is not carrying yet. Anyone else?

[thewiseguy]

8. Its a breaking news banner on their web page now

A meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactors, an official with Japan's nuclear and industrial safety agency told CNN Sunday.

A meltdown is a catastrophic failure of the reactor core, with a potential for widespread radiation release. However, Toshiro Bannai, director of the agency's international affairs office, expressed confidence that efforts to control the crisis would prove successful.

Meanwhile, a second reactor at the same facility failed shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday, the Tokyo Electric Power Company said, according to TV Asahi. The power company said it was having difficulty cooling the reactor and may need to release radioactive steam in order to relieve pressure.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-live-blog-death-toll-rises-amid-widespread-destruction/

[jannyk]

10. It is reactor #3 and BBCTV is talking to Nuke expert from Texas Tech

yes, could be an explosion. Yes, could be meltdown but not imminent - could go either way.

[thewiseguy]

15. Oh dear god...How many freaking nuclear meltdowns in one weekend...

[jannyk]

27. Let's hope none - we are in the direct path of airborne fallout

here on the coast. I'm hoping and praying for none.

[jannyk]

25. Yes, at the top of the hour the TV report was not upbeat

at all but it is not an ensured event - yet

[uppityperson]

6. per BBC live blog...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698
2252: Reuters: Operators are preparing to release radioactive steam from the number three reactor at Fukushima No. 1 plant, after the cooling system failed there

2236: The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission says that the two experts it has sent to Japan are specialists in boiling water nuclear reactors, and part of a broader US aid team sent to the disaster zone.

2224: A recap: Fukushima has two nuclear plants; Fukushima No. 1, which has six reactors (three of which were offline at the time of the quake) and Fukushima No. 2, which was four reactors.

2212: Some clarification: It is the number three reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 plant where officials have just announced that the cooling system has failed. This morning's blast took place at the number one reactor at the same plant. "All the functions to keep cooling water levels in No. 3 reactor have failed at the Fukushima No. 1 plant," a spokesman for the operator said.

[tpsbmam]

7. This is all CNN is showing right now:

Meltdown may be under way at Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactor, an official with Japan's safety agency says.

I have no words.

[thewiseguy]

9. Check post number 8

[B2G]

11. Japan's embassador is basically rehashing the events

that went on with reactor 1. ??

[roamer65]

13. He's lying.

[jpak]

32. There was a report this AM of a partial meltdown at unit No. 1

CNN may be slow - or they needed to confirm

:shrug:

[B2G]

37. That was reported hours ago. n/t

[ReggieVeggie]

12. CNN is melting down?

sounds like good news! ;)

[murielm99]

17. I wanted to say that.

Glad you did, and wish they would.

[Shagbark Hickory]

21. Oh please let it be true.

[hunter]

30. CNN melted down a long time ago.

Now it's putrefying.

[itsrobert]

14. Nobody could have predicted an 8.9 Earthquake

Condi Rice weighs in.

[alfredo]

52. Even more reason to remove job killing regulation from the

nuclear industry.

[upi402]

16. RT tv online in English reporting advisory - don't breathe the air

wear masks
wash off skin
don't drink the water


http://rt.com/on-air/

[demigoddess]

18. went to Cnn.com. Went to play the video of news. They just had to put

in a commercial there. I refuse to go to cnn.com again or the channel either. sick of this &&&&&&&&!!!!!!!

[thewiseguy]

19. New update...oh my god

Owner of Fukushima Nuke Plant states ‘meltdown is occurring’

I found this on twitter. Going to see how I can find a link for it. Apparently meltdown is at reactor 1 where the explosion was today.

They are going to let off steam at reactor 2.

[tekisui]

22. Government confrims meltdown:

http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=51607&t=1&c=34&cg=4&mset=1011

[Modern_Matthew]

20. I hate conflicting news reports and the market-driven news that delivers it. nt

[tekisui]

23. It is often the product of grovernments and industry lying.

[Modern_Matthew]

26. Can't argue with that. nt

[Shagbark Hickory]

24. CNN= nonsense. They ought to go back to covering the oscars and playing non stop commercials.

[tekisui]

28. NISA confirmend it.

http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110312D12JFF03.htm

[northernlights]

45. no, that is from much earlier today re: the explosion at reactor 1

the CNN breaking news headline is new

[xchrom]

29. Recommend

[Modern_Matthew]

31. DELETED... False Information nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. Realize the weather pattern is right

the RADS are way too high... and no, california will not get lethal levels... what we may get is not nice, but not lethal.

[Modern_Matthew]

36. Just discovered it was a hoax. Sorry about that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Yesterday the gallows humor took hold

and I started making jokes.. don't worry about it.

[ReggieVeggie]

35. what is the rad count based on? worst case scenario?

what would 750 rads do to people?

[Autumn]

38. I thought one of the "experts" said it would take

10 days to circle the earth?

[B2G]

33. How much sleep have these plant workers gotten?

They have to be exhausted. And their stress levels must be off the charts. Not a good scenario for the type of work their doing.

[ReggieVeggie]

40. Another 6.3 earthquake in the last couple of hours

the shaking hasn't even stopped yet

[meow mix]

41. damn

fuck

[PA Democrat]

42. Japanese cabinet secretary admits reactor 3 at Fukushima I "in danger"

The Japanese cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, has been speaking on state TV. He said the third reactor at the Fukushima No. I plant was in danger but attempts were under way for a controlled release of air.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698

[Native]

44. from the CNN blog

<5:48 p.m. ET, 7:48 a.m. Tokyo> A meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactors, an official with Japan's nuclear and industrial safety agency told CNN Sunday.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/

[thewiseguy]

46. Link to full story here:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.quake.nuclear.failure/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

[northernlights]

47. Japan official simply confirming what the safety agency said to begin with

Reactor 1 was likely in meltdown, which resulting in the release of radioactive cesium and iodine that was measured. All prior to the seawater being injected to cool it.

CNN gets a big thumbs down from me on this one. This is OLD NEWS. The only thing new about it is the government is conceding that the safety agency was right all along.

[Hannah Bell]

49. no concession about it. government said about 3 press conferences

back there'd been initiation of meltdown prior to the explosion.

[thewiseguy]

50. and it is still going on

[Hannah Bell]

51. latest press conference. they are venting air & pumping water at #3.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

[Hannah Bell]

48. Edano press conference:

#1: fuel rods are now underwater
#3 venting air, pumping water.
9 people exposed to radiation.

nhk english:

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

they are giving press updates every 2-3 hours

not that it matters. people wish to hear another story.

shikatta ga nai.

[Lorien]

53. CNN isn't a sorce that I would trust

Check BBC and Al Jazeera and see what they say about it.