Presser on CNN now

[nadinbrzezinski]

They have almost constant venting from both plants?

They got fluctuation in radiation levels... and of course Lemon now moves away from it.

The critical thing... they are BOTH being vented. (And yes kiddies it is not just water coming out)

[thewiseguy]

1. The rods that are exposed by 1.7 m are from number 3 or 1?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. CNN moved away too fast

we could never be bothered to stay on the presser.

[thewiseguy]

5. The rods are exposed at the number 3 reactor I assume

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Hubby patiently explained all this crap to me

this afternoon... he also said that he wonders if they have a water leak somewhere, and if these things are in series.

What can I say?

GODZILLA ------------>

[Tx4obama]

another update

via MSNBC's Breaking News twitter feed

BreakingNews: Radiation at Fukushima No. 1 plant has surpassed legal limit, TEPCON, via Kyodo 5 minutes ago via breakingnews.com

http://twitter.com/BreakingNews

[thewiseguy]

2. The rods that are exposed by 1.7 m are from number 3 or 1?

[thewiseguy]

3. The reporter is shaking

[roamer65]

7. Notice the new spin now...not as bad as TMI and Chernobyl.

Chernobyl takes the cake, but I do believe when the truth comes out this will be worse than TMI.

New spin to belittle the emergency situation in people's minds.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. The scale goes from 1 to 7

1 pretty minor stuff... (well it is a nuke plant)

7 worst case possible

They are at 4 right now in reports to the International Atomic. TMI was a 5, Chernobyl, iirc was a 7.

So even if it gets to a 5...

They are worried since the industry sees that renaissance going away with those melting rods.

[roamer65]

11. I see talk of exposed rods, nadin.

If that is coming from the presser that CNN cut off...then it is already beyond TMI. TMI melted the rods partially but never exposed them.

I would put Fukushima Daiichi at a 6 if those rods are exposed.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Where CNN is doing a nice interview with survivor

a people story

[bluecoat_fan]

8. #1 is venting 100% (no containment building), #3 is venting

until it cools or blows up that building.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Yeah the building went boom last night

well, I can't wait to be told why this is not bad.

[roamer65]

13. It does prove that the fears of a hydrogen-oxygen explosion at TMI were correct.

They tried to belittle the idea after that incident, but this disaster proves it is true.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Hydrogen does go off

[originalpckelly]

15. Watch on NHK, their local news, it's english!

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

Only works in Internet Explorer though, because it is WMV format!

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. with silverlight it will work on a mac too

[spanone]

17. cnn just reported (8:36 pm cst) that a japanese nuclear official

said 'there is a possiblity of a meltdowon'

Tokyo (CNN) -- A meltdown may be under way at one of Fukushima Daiichi's nuclear power reactors in northern Japan, an official with Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency told CNN Sunday.
"There is a possibility, we see the possibility of a meltdown," said Toshihiro Bannai, director of the agency's international affairs office, in a telephone interview from the agency's headquarters in Tokyo. "At this point, we have still not confirmed that there is an actual meltdown, but there is a possibility."
A meltdown is a catastrophic failure of the reactor core, with a potential for widespread radiation release.
Though Bannai said engineers have been unable to get close enough to the core to know what's going on, he based his conclusion on the fact that they measured radioactive isotopes in the air Saturday night.

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

[Whisp]

18. kiddies? you are our teacher?

:rofl:

always good for a laugh

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. They are monitoring it

and now they are interviewing Nay the Science Guy. He is explaining why cesium is not good in the air

[B2G]

20. Bill Nye the Science Guy?

Seriously? Are all of the nuclear energy guys asleep?

[thewiseguy]

21. The rods at reactor 1 are exposed by 3 meters and the readings are up to 1204 micro S up to