Thoughts on Japans nuke plant blowing up....

I think they said that all the reactors immediatly went into idle state when they felt an earthquake. But they still are creating a lot of heat and need to be cooled or SHTF.

 

you can do that by introducing a material that absorbs neutrons, such as boron, which will help slow down the reaction. This is done by the control rods in the reactor.

 

^ that did happen. It is just that hot.

 

Maybe? I'm no expert either, I just know nuclear reactions have no off switch, there is only varying degrees of containment

 

you can only slow it, the issue is the damage done to the place that holds these items from the quake...they need quake proof containment i suppose.

 

They had quake proof containment, a 7 mag quake was tolerable, 8.9 mag is the biggest thats ever been seen

 

Most control rods require power to remove them, theyll go back in when power is cut. I'm not certain , but the idea of "cooler" water is really too hot for us, dont think you can put 45 degree water in.
Do they use 200 degree water to cool 450 degrees or such?

 

yeah, i guess there is a point where something is not quake proof anymore.

 

I saw street cameras of people just walking and all at once you see like 400 people just trip, it was weird.

 

As far as the sources I read told me, 8.9 is the highest thats ever occured on record. ever.

 

then a 20.9 comes along

this is all just too sad for me.....i love japan they make some awesome shit!!
obviously we all know this

 

that is a good idea, but there not be anything or anyone to work it if there was such a huge quake...how high does that richter scale go anyways?

 

Yup, its very sad. After that last news of them evacing the plant crews. I'll have to change my plans to go there in 3 weeks.

 

Remember though the richter (SP) scale is not a linear line. The New Zeland quake was like a 6 some thing and this 9 was 6000 times more powerful.

 

Olympics prove it, all records can be broken

 

richter ,scale is intersting. A 9.0 is 10x worse than an 8.0 if i recall.
Sadly , if man can build it , nature can reclaim it

 

Thats cause earthquakes act alot like sound, when the ground vibrates in the right frequency, it gets exponentially stronger. Just like reverb.

 

It looks like they have abandoned the Reactor site due to high levels of radiation. Guess it's on autopilot now. Not good!

 

Yup, its over, those are the crews that were stabolizing the reactors. It's all downhill now

 

5 day fight. the way it escalated from saturday it looked like a sinking ship, hats off to them for trying their best.