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[Shimmy]

Been keeping tabs since 7am as my Aunt lives in Tokyo and I have friends in Japan too.  Thankfully after a 3 hour wait she got through on skype to say she was safe and well.

Nuclear reactors are apparently safe now as the emergency measures have worked.  Oil refinery is still blazing as is a a whole town!  Apparently 88,000 reported missing so far.  The strength of the earthquake was 8000 times greater than that of Christchurch.

Hawaii should be fine tbh, it's a volcanic island that actually has snow on its peaks.  It's the low lying islands that are under real threat imo.

[feeutfo]

Omfg! First I heard of this, and just watched the footage on sky and BBC.

Tsunamis racing accros land, seen some disaster movies, but


So this fault line, seems to be working it's was east round China etc. From the indain ocean problems we had a couple of years ago(2004), then Taiwan area copped it not too long ago, now a jump to the pacific and japan. What's going on? Is this related? All on one plate?

[Amigo]

Heard about the ship with 100 people swept away, also a coastal train is still missing, a whole train? :-?

[aaronjb]

Omfg! First I heard of this, and just watched the footage on sky and BBC.

Tsunamis racing accros land, seen some disaster movies, but


So this fault line, seems to be working it's was east round China etc. From the indain ocean problems we had a couple of years ago(2004), then Taiwan area copped it not too long ago, now a jump to the pacific and japan. What's going on? Is this related? All on one plate?

Yeah - they all lie on the Pacific Plate (which is one of the most active, IIRC) - http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-7/tectonic-plates.jpg

[henryd]

Heard about the ship with 100 people swept away, also a coastal train is still missing, a whole train? :-?

makes you realise how bad it there if its swept one of them away

[Arrolman]

Just watching this live on BBC news the now, at least 2 nuclear plants are now critical, state of emergency declared and there talking about a 3rd plant in trouble, could get seriously bad very quickly if they go up, think theres a good bit to go with this disaster by the looks of it

[Banjax]

i watch a lot of news - they tend to leap to the worst case scenario and work backwards, so regarding the nuclear reactor meltdowns - its not necessarily disastrous - we've had meltdowns in scotland and no one batted an eyelid (although it probably wasnt reported widely to be fair), but the minute you say "nuclear meltdown" everyone panics, and news channels cant resist - we've all seen 3 mile island, they all think theyre jane fonda on a mission 

[Dishevelled Den]

i watch a lot of news - they tend to leap to the worst case scenario and work backwards, so regarding the nuclear reactor meltdowns - its not necessarily disastrous - we've had meltdowns in scotland and no one batted an eyelid (although it probably wasnt reported widely to be fair), but the minute you say "nuclear meltdown" everyone panics, and news channels cant resist - we've all seen 3 mile island, they all think theyre jane fonda on a mission 

I tend to agree BJ.

This is part of the downside of having a rolling news output on a dedicated channel - any variation in the same situation (one that has, in all likelihood, bored the shit out of those presenting the 'news') is fallen upon as being something to get their teeth into to help prevent the presenters and audience falling asleep or pressing the button in an effort to maintain sanity

Sometimes too much 'news' is a bad thing.

It’s all about graphics, ‘expert opinion’, colours and fast moving images in many cases.

[zirk]

One of the Reactors has just exploded now, looking at the News.
 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Like others I have been watching this situation develop since early yesterday, and yes it is absolutely awful

Now though it has just gone up a notch with that explosion at the nuclear plant, which at the moment the authorities do not seem to be commenting on   The UN have now asked for details from the Japanese authorities.

[cem_devecioglu]

One of the Reactors has just exploded now, looking at the News.
 

if the conditions go complete tits up I'm afraid the initial effect of earthquake will be nothing compared to the results of nuclear plant damage..

[romana]

I was really shocked after hearing that what have happened in Japan on Friday. As we all are helpless against the nature we can’t do anything, but yes United States Geological Survey (USGS) helped them in various ways. I am really thankful to the person who is giving such useful information to world.

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[aaronjb]

I guess with all the hysteria (regardless of the eventual outcome) we can kiss the idea of the UK having a viable nuclear infrastructure goodbye.

We'll be forced to cover the entire country in wind farms and then buy in all our electricity from France when we realise we can't generate enough power..

Anyway.. hopefully things don't get any worse in Japan :-/ though the official death toll will surely rise into the tens of thousands as they search through the tsunami hit areas

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I guess with all the hysteria (regardless of the eventual outcome) we can kiss the idea of the UK having a viable nuclear infrastructure goodbye.

We'll be forced to cover the entire country in wind farms and then buy in all our electricity from France when we realise we can't generate enough power..

Anyway.. hopefully things don't get any worse in Japan :-/ though the official death toll will surely rise into the tens of thousands as they search through the tsunami hit areas

No, I do not think we will thank goodness

Nuclear experts are pointing out that Japan has a number of nuclear plants that produce over 60% of that country's power needs.  Yet, although the plants designs date back to the early 1970s, they still withstood a catastrophic earth quake and tsunami, with just one exception, that although allowing hydrogen to be created that ignited and caused the explosion, is apparently under control and should not release any excessive radiation.

The modern reactors being designed now for the UK will be built to a new standard whereby the heat build up witnessed in Japan will not happen due to a thermal coolong system.

Our faith in nuclear power must never be shaken as it is the only viable way forward until new discoveries and technology in 50, 100, 200 years time gives us an alternative

[Tony H]

I guess with all the hysteria (regardless of the eventual outcome) we can kiss the idea of the UK having a viable nuclear infrastructure goodbye.

We'll be forced to cover the entire country in wind farms and then buy in all our electricity from France when we realise we can't generate enough power..

Anyway.. hopefully things don't get any worse in Japan :-/ though the official death toll will surely rise into the tens of thousands as they search through the tsunami hit areas

No, I do not think we will thank goodness

Nuclear experts are pointing out that Japan has a number of nuclear plants that produce over 60% of that country's power needs.  Yet, although the plants designs date back to the early 1970s, they still withstood a catastrophic earth quake and tsunami, with just one exception, that although allowing hydrogen to be created that ignited and caused the explosion, is apparently under control and should not release any excessive radiation.

The modern reactors being designed now for the UK will be built to a new standard whereby the heat build up witnessed in Japan will not happen due to a thermal coolong system.

Our faith in nuclear power must never be shaken as it is the only viable way forward until new discoveries and technology in 50, 100, 200 years time gives us an alternative

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Agreed Lizzie