He was banned for a week, so he probably can't post. If anyone has his email address or phone number, can you let us know if he's ok?
He was banned for a week, so he probably can't post. If anyone has his email address or phone number, can you let us know if he's ok?
Radiation could already have leaked at nuke plant
TOKYO, March 12, Kyodo
Radioactive substances could already have leaked at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit northern Japan, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday.
The amount of radiation reached around 1,000 times the normal level in the control room of the No. 1 reactor of the plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency also said. The discovery suggests radioactive steam could spread around the facility.
The agency also said radiation has been more than eight times the normal level at a monitoring post near the main gate of the plant.
The authorities expanded the evacuation area for residents in the vicinity of the plant from a 3-kilometer radius to 10 km on the orders of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who plans to visit the facility later Saturday.
Do we have an official word on the strength of the quake? I've heard that it was an 8.9, downgraded to a 7.-something, that it was 7.9, 8.8.
What is the actual strength of this thing?
Do we have an official word on the strength of the quake? I've heard that it was an 8.9, downgraded to a 7.-something, that it was 7.9, 8.8.
What is the actual strength of this thing?
EDIT:
Video at this link that I haven't seen before.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...pan-tsunami-surge-destroys-neighbourhood.html
Holy shit on a stick.
Do we have an official word on the strength of the quake? I've heard that it was an 8.9, downgraded to a 7.-something, that it was 7.9, 8.8.
What is the actual strength of this thing?
EDIT:
Video at this link that I haven't seen before.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...pan-tsunami-surge-destroys-neighbourhood.html
Holy shit on a stick.
To all those hippies abusing this for crying about the evil evil nucular power again now: I want to see how your fucking windmills fare in a 8.9 quake. Grr.
To all those hippies abusing this for crying about the evil evil nucular power again now: I want to see how your fucking windmills fare in a 8.9 quake. Grr.
To all those hippies abusing this for crying about the evil evil nucular power again now: I want to see how your fucking windmills fare in a 8.9 quake. Grr.