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   tingle
   

   Let's discuss this rationally and not like a bunch of middle schoolers who get their nuclear info from reruns of the Simpsons.

   First the dead man. He fell ill, collapsed and died. The cause of the death was unknown. The man, in his 60s, was employed by one of Tokyo Electric’s contractors and started working at the plant on Friday. He was exposed to 0.17 millisieverts of radiation on Saturday, Tokyo Electric said.

   The Japanese government’s maximum level of exposure for male workers at the plant is 250 millisieverts for the duration of the effort to bring it under control.

   Rumours claim the meltdown melted a hole the containment core's bottom exposing everyone to radiation and letting in water. I seriously doubt the meltdown caused a hole. When the core melted at 3 mile island the rods only melted away less then a quarter inch of steel at the bottom. There is thicker steel then that on the bottom I presume which would mean everything is still in tact. You just need to build a new core and use new fuel rods other then that everything appears to fine.

   http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/13_03.html

   Posted 4 years ago #
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   Dark Mage
   

   I suspect the death was more stress related then radiation related.

   Posted 4 years ago #
3. 

   Neko Musume Classic
   

   Char said:
   I suspect the death was more stress related then radiation related.

   Posted 4 years ago #
4. 

   DirtyPair
   

   Tepco said "We cannot deny the possibility that a hole in the pressure vessel caused water to leak"."
   "Now the company is worried that the molten pool of radioactive fuel may have burned a hole through the bottom of the containment vessel, causing water to leak."
   It is therefore a possibility for a hole in containment. Even though this is very unlikely.

   Posted 4 years ago #
5. 

   alex251
   

   dirtypair said:
   It is therefore a possibility for a hole in containment. Even though this is very unlikely.

   the plant is earthquake and tsunami safe so we shouldn't worry, Tepco did a good job

   Posted 4 years ago #
6. 

   Eleriel
   

   dirtypair said:
   Tepco said "We cannot deny the possibility that a hole in the pressure vessel caused water to leak"."
   "Now the company is worried that the molten pool of radioactive fuel may have burned a hole through the bottom of the containment vessel, causing water to leak."
   It is therefore a possibility for a hole in containment. Even though this is very unlikely.

   take that with a grain of salt, irradiated salt, but salt none-the-less.

   1: they have to report the facts, without any suger-coating. They basically -if not actually- have to state what the worst-case scenario is at any given time.

   2: the media will report that they are worried, and generally make it sound like it's a fact that the worst-case scenario is happening right now.

   Posted 4 years ago #
7. 

   tingle
   

   Like I said the same thing happened at 3 mile island and the amount of melted steel was far less. As I understand the steel was nearly a foot thick and the melting only melted into about a fraction of centimeter.

   http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html

   Posted 4 years ago #
8. 

   alex251
   

   tingle said:
   Like I said the same thing happened at 3 mile island and the amount of melted steel was far less. As I understand the steel was nearly a foot thick and the melting only melted into about a fraction of centimeter.

   http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html

   but that doesn't matter here because the thing should be earthquake and tsunami proof so who knows what will be next, it's Tepco

   Posted 4 years ago #
9. 

   tingle
   

   I wonder what corners were cut. How thick is the steel is the real question. Also is it really stainless steel.

   Posted 4 years ago #
10. 

    Uncommon0taku
    

    Char said:
    I suspect the death was more stress related then radiation related.

    also what do you mean it let in water, the coolant is supposed to be water and boron. There is supposed to B water in there.

    tingle - are you slipping in your old age?

    maybe you're just worried that you're gonna get twins or triplets, and this is sidetracking your concentration - lets hope that you don't get saddled with quintuplets

    Posted 4 years ago #
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    Mizushima 水島
    

    Char said:
    I suspect the death was more stress related then radiation related.

    that or he was 60..

    Posted 4 years ago #
12. 

    momoのキラー
    

    you guys really sure it's nuclear power plant?

    wut if it's disguised as a power plant and doing something else down there.

    suddenly drop dead...... yeah blame it on the radiation, those people watching the news gonna believe anything anyway.

    Posted 4 years ago #
13. 

    Uncommon0taku
    

    On a lighter note and semi related to Fukushima here in the US of A, there has been a little boat rocking in the nuclear power business. Which may be of some interest so some users, because they will be affected when the reactors go off line.

    Posted 4 years ago #

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