If you ignore RADIATION it will go away.
- Thread starter Flaming Pie
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joe macclennan
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yep I can see it
Flaming Pie
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Ok I gotta go to bed. I will definitely look that stuff up when I have some time tomorrow.
Fungus Gnat
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I wonder why they cant cycle the water in the tanks back into the reactors after it cools instead of producing more contaminated water.
joe macclennan
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they are doing exactly that I believe. The problem as I understand it is that the earthquake cracked some of the concrete containment structure of the reactor and groundwater is leaking in and also out at a rate to great to contain entirely
Flaming Pie
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Ok couldn't leave computer lol.
Most people are "out of sight out of mind" folks. Even more intelligent/compassionate people will forget if it is not brought up occasionally.
When you put the statistics into tangible objects in front of the person, they get it.
I have often said "If people could see the carcasses of cats/dogs that are put down yearly in their state at shelters, piled up at a busy intersection or something, they would get their animals spayed."
People don't care until it affects them physically, emotionally, or monetarily.
Most people are "out of sight out of mind" folks. Even more intelligent/compassionate people will forget if it is not brought up occasionally.
When you put the statistics into tangible objects in front of the person, they get it.
I have often said "If people could see the carcasses of cats/dogs that are put down yearly in their state at shelters, piled up at a busy intersection or something, they would get their animals spayed."
People don't care until it affects them physically, emotionally, or monetarily.
Flaming Pie
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To me it sounded like they were having to pump fresh water in and store the contaminated water.
you could say the same for slaughter animals as well?
bet you would say NO i love my meat!
lol
joe macclennan
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yes, they are storing massive amounts of irradiated water
Fungus Gnat
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Guess I should cut back on the seafood linguine.
joe macclennan
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all of our animals are spayed or neutered.
Fungus Gnat
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dont worry they will be able to tell that your child was born after the meltdown just by the isotopes in their teeth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Tooth_Survey
joe macclennan
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I've been in the cooler of my butcher. Doesn't bother me a bit. I have skinned and cleaned many animals. Tasty creatures really.
My beef normally is castrated anyway.
I love my steer! lol
Dr Kynes
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what do you propose we do?
tell ya what, you go out to the ocean with a Silly Straw and start sucking out the poison, ill be there in a minute... i cannot find my Flip Flops
Flaming Pie
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I understand once it is in the ocean it is damn near impossible to fix.
I am concerned about the stuff STILL LEAKING from the tanks. That should be something that a top scientists and engineers should be able to work out and fix.
Have a meeting with top minds and think on it for a week. Throw some money out for a solution.
Fuck if Obama can get a nobel peace prize for being the first black pres, why can't we throw money and medels at who ever solves this debaucle?
Flaming Pie
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I had just read some news articles that were basically saying "oh its ok, no need to panic. It will be two years before it hits our shores."
The articles talking about TEMPCO trying to clean up their mess (and doing a horrible job) has no mention of foreign aid.
We send millions of dollars in weapons to countries all over the globe, yet we have noone sending help to contain radioactive waste leaking into the ocean?
WTF?
The articles talking about TEMPCO trying to clean up their mess (and doing a horrible job) has no mention of foreign aid.
We send millions of dollars in weapons to countries all over the globe, yet we have noone sending help to contain radioactive waste leaking into the ocean?
WTF?
echelon1k1
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You have the same plants in the US and they're almost identical to the Fukushima Plants, all a GE Design. People have expressed concerns about the Mark 1 design and have done so for decades and the response from stakeholders and regulators was always somewhat blasé until the Fukushima disaster - which has proven the plants cannot stand up to any type of natural disaster etc.. Majority of US reactors are over 30 years old and were operational during the period when the AEC replaced the NRC. It was in late '70s/early '80s when regulators realised there were major problems with the design especially in regards to venting and it would seem nothing has been done since...
Flaming Pie
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^
All the more reason to figure out how to stop leakages in event of a catastrophe.
All the more reason to figure out how to stop leakages in event of a catastrophe.
echelon1k1
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That may be hard considering the NRC operates in more of a political rather than regulatory manner. Industry has too much say and influence on how the commission operates and how it elects its commissioners - this is concerning when they are supposed to regulate said industry.
Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion approved 4-1
There's also a report entitled "Regulatory Meltdown: How Four Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners Conspired to Delay and Weaken Nuclear Reactor Safety in the Wake of Fukushima" by congressman markey's (D-MA) office.
Major findings of the report were;