Nuclear Meltdown?
Mar 13th 2011 | 2:51 pm
#106
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From: Ilukapool. WA
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Tsunami back on...
Estimated 10-Foot Tsunami is Seen Off Japan by Helicopter
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03...#ixzz1GXSGLfc3
Estimated 10-Foot Tsunami is Seen Off Japan by Helicopter
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03...#ixzz1GXSGLfc3
Mar 13th 2011 | 2:58 pm
#107
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Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 12,469
From: Ilukapool. WA
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Apparently this reactor is fuelled partly with weapons grade plutonium..
This shit just got real...
This shit just got real...
Mar 13th 2011 | 5:00 pm
#109
has lost The Game
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 8,735
From: Chippendale, Sydney
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Apparently this reactor is fuelled partly with weapons grade plutonium..
This shit just got real...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dx6IS0vrZOk&feature=youtu.be
This shit just got real...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dx6IS0vrZOk&feature=youtu.be
I'm very skeptical that they are fueling a domestic power generation reactor with weapons grade Pu. For a start, weapons grade Pu needs to be about 92% Pu 239 with a smattering of Pu 240. To manufacture that level of refined Pu is very costly, and not worth the effort for generating electricity with, as much lower levels of refinement will suffice
Plus, weapons grade uranium requires a short burn up time compared to that for domestic power generation. The processes are very different.
S
Mar 13th 2011 | 6:36 pm
#110
snÉןɔ ʎʇıuÉs
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 6,558
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
I'm very skeptical that they are fueling a domestic power generation reactor with weapons grade Pu. For a start, weapons grade Pu needs to be about 92% Pu 239 with a smattering of Pu 240. To manufacture that level of refined Pu is very costly, and not worth the effort for generating electricity with, as much lower levels of refinement will suffice
Plus, weapons grade uranium requires a short burn up time compared to that for domestic power generation. The processes are very different.
S
Plus, weapons grade uranium requires a short burn up time compared to that for domestic power generation. The processes are very different.
S
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOX_fuel
Mar 13th 2011 | 6:41 pm
#111
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From: Ilukapool. WA
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Reactor number 2 is about to blow up now.
Mar 13th 2011 | 8:33 pm
#113
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Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Semi-rural wonderworld, Brisbane
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
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THE crew of the US aircraft carrier, on a humanitarian mission to Japan, received a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, a US newspaper reports.
Citing unnamed government officials, The New York Times said the USS Ronald Reagan passed through a radioactive cloud from damaged nuclear reactors in Japan when it approached the country on its humanitarian mission.
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I wonder how far off-shore it was? ...
THE crew of the US aircraft carrier, on a humanitarian mission to Japan, received a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, a US newspaper reports.
Citing unnamed government officials, The New York Times said the USS Ronald Reagan passed through a radioactive cloud from damaged nuclear reactors in Japan when it approached the country on its humanitarian mission.
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I wonder how far off-shore it was? ...
Mar 13th 2011 | 9:38 pm
#114
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
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THE crew of the US aircraft carrier, on a humanitarian mission to Japan, received a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, a US newspaper reports.
Citing unnamed government officials, The New York Times said the USS Ronald Reagan passed through a radioactive cloud from damaged nuclear reactors in Japan when it approached the country on its humanitarian mission.
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I wonder how far off-shore it was? ...
THE crew of the US aircraft carrier, on a humanitarian mission to Japan, received a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, a US newspaper reports.
Citing unnamed government officials, The New York Times said the USS Ronald Reagan passed through a radioactive cloud from damaged nuclear reactors in Japan when it approached the country on its humanitarian mission.
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I wonder how far off-shore it was? ...
Mar 14th 2011 | 9:00 am
#116
Rhino with a big horn!
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,117
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
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THE crew of the US aircraft carrier, on a humanitarian mission to Japan, received a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, a US newspaper reports.
Citing unnamed government officials, The New York Times said the USS Ronald Reagan passed through a radioactive cloud from damaged nuclear reactors in Japan when it approached the country on its humanitarian mission.
=================
I wonder how far off-shore it was? ...
THE crew of the US aircraft carrier, on a humanitarian mission to Japan, received a month's worth of radiation in about an hour, a US newspaper reports.
Citing unnamed government officials, The New York Times said the USS Ronald Reagan passed through a radioactive cloud from damaged nuclear reactors in Japan when it approached the country on its humanitarian mission.
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I wonder how far off-shore it was? ...
Mar 14th 2011 | 9:20 am
#117
Auntie Fa
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 7,344
From: Seattle
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Don't panic, Mr Mainwaring. Nothing to worry about.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/14/...ake-confusion/
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/14/...ake-confusion/
Mar 14th 2011 | 9:31 am
#120
Rhino with a big horn!
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,117
Re: Nuclear Meltdown?
Don't panic, Mr Mainwaring. Nothing to worry about.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/14/...ake-confusion/
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/14/...ake-confusion/
