Xpost fm GD: Raised to level 7 headed towards 8

[kristopher]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=869033&mesg_id=869033

What started as less serious than Three Mile Island has just become as serious as Chernobyl, with the Fukushima disaster assessment having been raised to the highest, Level 7. From NHK: "For a series of accidents happening at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of the Ministry of Economy, which released large amounts of radioactive substances that affect human health and the environment in a wide range As an assessment based on international standards of the accident, the worst "level seven" decided to raise. "Level 7" is the same as the evaluation occurred in the Soviet Chernobyl disaster. Nuclear Safety Agency, 12, held a press conference with the Nuclear Safety Commission has decided to publish the contents of the evaluation." Of course, due to the much greater concentration of people, and the far smaller land territory, should Japan continue to persist with "controlling" the crisis with the same success as it has over the past month, very soon a Level of 8 and/or higher may be required. In the meantime, we are getting unconfirmed reports that radiation content in Hawaii milk is orders of magnitude greater than Federal Drinking water limits. While one can bicker over the exact number, it is certain that as long as Fukushima continues to billow radioactive smoke, steam and/or water, cumulative radiation levels, both domestically and globally, can only go in one direction.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=869033&mesg_id=869033

[Nederland]

1. There is no Level 8

http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Factsheets/English/ines.pdf

[3waygeek]

2. ... yet n/t

[kristopher]

3. The ability some have to deny reality is nothing short of amazing.

One person elsewhere actually thinks the rising level of radiation is funny.

Such an attitute is truly beyond belief.

[Nederland]

4. Deny Reality?

Who is actually denying reality when they claim that the level is headed toward a level which does not exist?

[Confusious]

6. You're dening HIS reality.

Hope you understand now. :)

[jpak]

8. If and when the New Jersey Molten Salt Breeder Reactor melts down, it will be a level 8

:evilgrin:

[XemaSab]

5. .

[Dead_Parrot]

7. . nt

[Fledermaus]

9. Each of its seven steps represents a ten times increase in the severity

So, yes there is an 8. Sort of like the Richter scale.

The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale rates nuclear accidents in terms of their effects on health and the environment, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which helped set up the system. Each of its seven steps represents a ten times increase in the severity of the incident or accident, according to the INES factsheet.

Rating Scale
Levels 1 through 3 are classified as incidents and those from 4 to 7 are defined as accidents. Level 7 means there has been a “major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures,” the factsheet says.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-12/japan-nuclear-crisis-may-be-raised-to-highest-severity-level-on-radiation.html

[kristopher]

10. They knew that.

They just don't want to face the situation.

At each and every stage the proponents have tried to downplay the severity of the problem, and it isn't over yet.