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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:58 PM Original message |
Japan report: “Nuclear fuel has melted in three reactors” — Risk of “massive radioactive release” |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. also: April 16 forecast shows radioactive cloud stretching from Texas to Canada |
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PearliePoo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is enenews reputable or on the sensational side? |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yeah, various sources on there |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They have links from EPA, AP, and so on |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. I have been following their links, find to be a bit sensationalist. |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why do these seem to be on obscure sites and not CNN or the AP? n-t |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. AP is the source. News media are not publishing the report at this time |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. OK, thanks. Sorry, should have searched more. n-t |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. UPI reported it - the info is from the Atomic Energy Society of Japan |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. OK, thanks. Sorry, should have searched more. n-t |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. so if fragments "settle" (what a calming word lol) into a pile.. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Seems like the might regain criticality too - lots of soothing Happy Talk about this thingy |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. video sampling of water in the spent fuel pool of Unit 4 (hot, boiling water) |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Very interesting video! Thank you! |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Excellent link, thank you. -nt |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. What are they considering a massive radioactive release? |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. x amount of fuel burning thru the floor? not sure... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. HA! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. When they say "risk" that means "done deal" right? |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Safety Commission revealed that it had waited weeks to publish information on elevated radiation |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Another example of frogs in boiling water scenerio. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Maybe they could have given out honest info so people could decide for themselves?? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Let's say from the get go Japan announced a Level 7 nuclear catastrophe what |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yep. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I don't understand that comment. I'm not condoning keeping info away from the public |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Lemme try again. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. For starters, the evacuation zone wasn't large enough per their own numbers. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. As I stated I was asking a question not making a comment. Not a rhetorical |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. People have a right to know the risks. They should've been honest. |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. They used the stick-the-toe-water method. Oops, earthquake but all's fine. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. Waiting for DU's nuclear "experts" to pooh-pooh this. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The thing is that there isn't a drop of news in it. We knew all that already. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. To remind people to be scared? |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. And remember. It will never harm us over here. Uh uh. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. i guess the media has chosen to ignore these little annoyances |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. Packbot working inside the reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 |
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