Here's an early morning shout out to DUer nadinbrzezinski

[malaise]

You were correct one year ago
Fukushima reactor shows radiation levels much higher than thought
Damage from disaster so severe that clean-up expected to take decades, according to latest examination of nuclear plant
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/28/fukushima-reactor-radiation-levels
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One of Japan's crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and much less water to cool it than officials estimated, according to an internal examination that renews doubts about the plant's stability.

A tool equipped with a tiny video camera, a thermometer, a dosimeter and a water gauge was used to assess damage inside the number two reactor's containment chamber for the second time since the tsunami swept into the Fukushima Daiichi plant, a year ago.

The data shows the damage from the disaster is so severe the plant operator will have to develop special equipment and technology to tolerate the harsh environment, and decommission the plant. The process is expected to last decades.

The other two reactors that had meltdowns could be in even worse shape. The number two reactor is the only one officials have been able to closely examine so far.

Tuesday's examination, with an industrial endoscope, detected radiation levels up to 10 times the fatal dose inside the chamber.

[drm604]

1. nadinbrzezinski is a valuable member of DU.

[orpupilofnature57]

5. Agreed 1000%

A well of information and insight , I never miss a post.

[madokie]

6. The same can be said for malaise

Some here stand out from the rest and these two definitely are in that class. We mustn't forget 'sister either.

Nuclear energy is the most dangerous mode of providing energy that man has come up with yet as this shows. If the world and all things in it were perfect maybe then it wouldn't be so dangerous but last I checked that wasn't the case.

[monmouth]

20. I love malaise, she's on top of all the latest news with constructive and

very funny critiques. Go malaise!

[malaise]

30. Love you back monmouth

[socialist_n_TN]

36. I'm proud to call you........

Comrade. And I love nadin too.

[malaise]

44. Thank you

Where is Comrade Kurovski these days. I haven't seen him posting for ages.

[2ndAmForComputers]

45. But gee, you see, if you say you like person X and agree with them, then you're WORSHIPPING X!

And are part of the CULT OF X!

(As long as X is liberal, of course.)

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[Mojorabbit]

46. Sure is! nt

[Mariana]

2. I remember that.

[malaise]

3. I won't forget it

[goclark]

9. Hi Malaise ~ you are a gem

I'm just coming back to DU and delighted to see your posts.

[malaise]

10. Back at you

I missed you big time

[TeamsterDem]

4. I don't remember nadin's thoughts on that, but she's right every time i read her posts. nt

[Zalatix]

7. Rec just because you mentioned her name, lol.

[chervilant]

8. Interesting...

There are a number of DUers (self included) who from the beginning asserted that Fukushima is the worst nuclear disaster to date, and will produce deadly amounts of radioactivity for an obscene amount of time. Some of us (self included) were chided by pro-nuclear power DUers for 'not understanding' the importance of nuclear power as a 'cheap' source of electricity.

My earliest activism (other than working with Amnesty International) was focused on preventing the construction of nuclear power plants. I and many of my fellow activists had read Anna Gyorgy and Friends' No Nukes, and were acutely aware of the lies being told and the nicely-packaged propaganda disseminated widely to the Hoi Polloi.

Oh, yes, nuclear energy is 'clean and cheap.' Tell that the the hundreds of thousands of Japanese who will be most directly impacted by this disaster...

[malaise]

11. +1,000

[Mariana]

12. To you.

Thank you.

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. Funny thing, those who argued against us are vewy vewy quiet of late.

Didja notice?

[malaise]

28. LOL

[chervilant]

47. Oh, yes!

The silence is deafening!

[PCIntern]

13. Nah, it's the same as if you ate three bananas each day for four days...

dont'cha remember that discussion??

[malaise]

14. Huh?

translate please

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. In all seriousness

That was one of the arguments made. My all time fav, flying transcontinental...that's the ammount of radiation you will get. In fairness, that is probably what you got, the west coast of British Columbia, a tad more.

[suffragette]

41. Here's an example

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=879571&mesg_id=881219

Expand to view all to see how the banana issue was getting raised.

[southernyankeebelle]

15. She is one smart lady and you are too. Thanks for sharing the informaiton.

[Hubert Flottz]

16. "with an industrial endoscope"

I'll bet the bowel prep for that was industrial too.

Sure they've sugar-coated the bad news all along. Those guys will do anything to hold on to a dollar. Things like building that plant there to start with.

[malaise]

24. The truth is that after Japan's experience with the bomb

I blame the Japanese politicians way more than the foreign corporations that set up the nuke plants.
Japanese know their earthquake history as well as they know the devastation as a result of being nuked.

[Hissyspit]

17. Here's the DU LBN thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101484264

[malaise]

18. Thanks Hissyspit

[SidDithers]

19. And Jay Polk was killed in Syria...

And war between the Koreas was "practically imminent", and will GD's posting rules be expanded to allow discussion of the upcoming war in the Middle East.

Awesome predictive ability.

Sid

[SomethingFishy]

40. Awww did poor widdle Sid get pwned?

Are you a big supporter of Nuclear power?

Were you the "Banana" man? Or the X-ray man? Or The trans-contential fight man?



This was a thank you/support thread. Nice of you to drop by and show your "support".

Didn't your mommy teach you any manners? There are plenty of threads where you could diss Nadine and her positions. This was not supposed to be one of them.

[Bluenorthwest]

49. The tradition of commenting on DUers rather than on politics or other issues continues

It is a proud tradition, Sid. It adds so much to the discussion here. So much of what exactly I'm not saying.
It gets old.

[barbtries]

21. a long slow catastrophe

playing out over how long? years, or millenia?

[libtodeath]

22. nadinbrzezinski has called many things right

some seem to join in with the crazies on the right that hate her but I am thankful for her insight and reporting of current events and how they relate to history.

[malaise]

23. Ditto

[Generic Other]

25. This is one time I wish the doomsayers had been wrong

Including me.

[irisblue]

27. props

half lives last a long long time

[aptal]

29. She is a staple on DU and her insight and knowledge

are stimulating to the mind and soul.

[fascisthunter]

31. a well deserved thread to appreciate one of DU's finest...

...and brightest!

[immoderate]

32. For Nadin....

--imm

[Greybnk48]

33. Agreed! Good job nadin!

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. Thanks, but everybody who recognized the seriousness

Of this should be recognized. Yes, some of us take it in the chin from folks who on this are very quiet these days...and they still make silly jokes about milk...let them.

Oh and I will eat a banana in their honor today.

On a serious note, this is a disaster that still develops.

[malaise]

39. LOL

I agree let's recognize all of you who warned us of the magnitude of this ongoing disaster.

I have a banana every morning

[horseshoecrab]

35. Late to the party...

But I wanna get in on this one!

Thank you Malaise for this post!

Thanks Nadin for the accurate and quite non-hysterical info you've posted about Fukushima from the beginning of this nightmarish event.





horseshoecrab

[zappaman]

38. YES!

Thanks to the all-knowing, never wrong Nadin, I now know...
-there are "51 states"
-there are "60 cm in a meter"
-"American is a language"
-soldiers who go on "sooper duper" secret missions to Syria, let everyone know about it on Facebook
-you can hold memorials for people you say are dead even if they are really alive
-the upcoming reboot of SPIDERMAN is a trend that points to the upcoming collapse of civilization
-"climactic change" is real

but most of all, the author of one of the greatest threads ever that every DUer should have bookmarked

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x666804

All Hail!

[dixiegrrrrl]

48. As someone said very well, upthread:

This was a thank you/support thread. Nice of you to drop by and show your "support".

[pinboy3niner]

50. Have at least enough class...

...not to go gunning in a thread where it's clearly inappropriate. The 'fan club' can have its say elsewhere. Not here. That's really tacky.

[onethatcares]

42. it's 5 a.m somewhere and I

believe nadinbrzezinski adds one hell of a lot to the Democratic Underground.

[suffragette]

43. K&R

Absolutely agree!