Thoughts on Japans nuke plant blowing up....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rad_(unit)

WIKI is being a butthead so when you enter the link, click "RAD (unit)" to get the info

 

Just heard there is now an official meltdown of the reactor core in one of the reactors-I will be very happy to be incorrect

 

The Japanese ambassador on cnn is saying that there is no meltdown... i hope he is not trying to spin it and he is actually telling the truth

 

We made it through Chernobyl , it spewed a lot more radiation. Unfortunately i forgot most of what i knew on nuclear energy. Ive been to Hanford on field trips twice and on 3 nuclear subs, still I forget.

I saw the explosion, not sure what did it , but it could've been steam related, if i recall they have over 400 psi of steam,and well over the boiling point.Steam goes to 700x its original size from water. The fissable material will sit there and overheat and melt . For the entire mess it is , the radiation we get might actually stay at a safe level, dissipating over the pacific, I plan to be ready just the same. Hopefully another navy guy nuclear machinist mate or such is a member and can get more accurate info.

 

yea, "woohoo"ing is sort of adrenaline like. Id like to make that F'ker retrieve a body from there and ask him why he isnt goin waaahooo now.

 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eb3_1299921516

 

Just read this...

A quake-hit Japanese nuclear plant reeling from an explosion at one of its reactors has also lost its emergency cooling system at another reactor, Japan's nuclear power safety agency said on Sunday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/japan-quake-nuclear-cooling-idUSLHE7EB02D20110312

 

Looks like they are still mad about 1945

 

WASHINGTON - US nuclear experts warned Saturday that pumping sea water to cool a quake-hit Japanese nuclear reactor was an "act of desperation" that may foreshadow a Chernobyl-like disaster.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1116149/1/.html

 

Not to put the gravity of these events aside, but I'd just like to point out that i've been coming to TW about 5x more then any news sites in order to find up to the minute info.

 

I still cant find out if the explosion was steam/pump/steam generator, it look a lot bigger than I would guess steam could do.

 

They released steam from the reactor to reduce the pressure. The steam contained hydrogen from a reaction that happened when the reactor got too hot. The hydrogen exploded and blew the top off the reactor.
No electricity for cooling pumps. This will not end well.

 

Strange thing to know of it(steam n hydrogen) , but to actually see it blow up the containment structure,it really sets in.

Only nuclear incident I've seen was on sea trials , they added a 100' section to our sub , it changed center of bouyancy and center of gravity ,we did an emergency blow from test depth. On the way up we started listing severely to port. I was in the torpedo room port side looking up 30+degrees to see 2 torpedoes well strapped and about 4 shipmates hanging on for life. The angle SCRAMed the reactor. The sub dumped a LOT of air from the main ballast tanks and we went back down..controlled luckily, thank god for batteries.

 

Nuclear Power plants last much longer than 20 years. Since 3 mile island no plants have been built. So all nuclear power plants in the U.S. are at least 30 years old.

 

All i have to say is 2012 is approaching .... this could be the start of the ZOMBIE apocalypse when the leaked radiation mutates everyone into the living dead.

 

I'm ready to kill some zombies.

 

Asshole on the news, on CNN, some guy who keeps wanting "transparency" about the incident,maybe that ass should help those busy people with no time for casual press conferences on his convenience.