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Heres a link with some info on how the reactors work, for us common folk.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2....html?ref=asia

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classic example of the news fear mongering. The japanese are also pumping boric acid into the reactors to buffer the neutrons to help slow the reactions. I'm sure we will all be safe from the radioactive zombie apocalypse.

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The zombie apocalypse was never an issue. Just showing an example of what you just said - fear mongering.

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Um was that a realistic fear GH? Dumb to even compare that to how some websites are stating things are much worse than they are regarding nuclear. MELTDOWN IMMINENT, evacuate planet!

Its just ridiculous.

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GH - *sigh* You're an idiot.

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Was just sayin, you're the one who brought up Zombies, and I figured Febo was being sarcastic so I figured I'd join the fun. You = fail at sarcasm.

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Be part of the solution GH not the problem.

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lol

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Some more interesting articles:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...pinion_LEADTop

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...pinion_LEADTop

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Thanks, that was very insightful.

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http://www.moellerinc.com/docstore/A...esentation.pdf

A good presentation in general. Towards the end it starts to speak about various dose levels. This presentation was given a few weeks ago to Minnesota representatives.

There's so much to say, but I'd rather not ramble. But look at some of those numbers in that presentation. A-Bomb survivors that received 10 Rem or less have shown no adverse affects. Plant workers are allowed 5 Rem / year limits by the NRC. The news reports are touting numbers like 150millirem detected just outside the plants building. Millirem, that's 1/1000 of a Rem... but 150 sure does sound like a lot to someone who doesn't have anythign to reference that against. And again as you'd see in this presentation, how big of an affect distance has. If they measure 150mrem just outside that plants building, how much that will have reduced just by being 50ft away.

It's too bad the media appears to be simply interested in getting peoples attention by invoking fear. And again while it is a serious issue, in my opinion it's not the armageddon they are making out to be.

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Good video of how the plant works there and the options they are trying for cooling the reactor down.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/wor...ner.nhk?hpt=C2

Still sounds like its possible the containment of the reactor is now cracked and leaking because of another explosion that happened.

Also heres is how the quake changed the earth, crazy! http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theloo...-of-the-planet

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Wow, that is crazy. Japan just got closer to the USA.

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Crazy gif...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A...1111111111.gif

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^^^did that guy live through that? insane...

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HOLY CRAP! I would be freaking out.

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Holy shit, I was waiting for videos like this, all of the videos from heli's show cars getting sucked away....hope people lived through stuff like this.

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Wow thats unbelievable if the people actually survived. Wish we had info on how there was a cam running in a car and how it was salvaged. Man....

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Im thinking it was a police car, but it is japan the Camera Capital of the world.

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It seemed to be floating pretty well... maybe it was a boat car.

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Reactors stabilized.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS...i_2003111.html

Also, interesting article by a Delta 767 pilot, airports closed all over...running out of fuel in a situation like this would be ishtty!

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/c...oach_to_tokyo/

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So wait, it's not the nuclear armageddon like the media was making it out to be? Damn you Jeff Passolt!!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3rqPPJPwLg&hd=1