8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan + Tsunami and Alerts

Got to hate it when they use such similar names.

Although, you shouldn't try capitalizing on one minor mistake when you've been completely ignoring and misrepresenting data throughout the entire topic. You've even been claiming situations there have been safe when I repeatedly cited sources that show constant issues and failures in Japan regarding their management of nuclear power.


It says a lot about those so called experts and safe conditions you are praising.

Now, I need to try to not to get too caught up debating or I might lose out on sleep.

Please quote me where I threw out misrepresented data and/or any claim that the situation actually IS safe, that is, if you are not trying to put words into my mouth.

ALSO, please post an article with at least half of its length dedicated to factual information, something like this before you brand me as ignoring your facts. For the record, labeling the government's shadiness from 8 years ago does not count as factual information that contributes towards the happening as of present, because after all, it is your (or anyone's) guesses and assumptions.

Oh pineapple.

Confirmation of loud sounds this morning came from the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA). It noted that “the suppression chamber may be damaged.” It is not clear that the sounds were explosions.

Also known as the torus, this large doughnut-shaped structure sits in the centre of the reactor building at a lower level than the reactor. It contains a very large body of water to which steam can be directed in emergency situations. The steam then condenses and reduces pressure in the reactor system.

The pressure in the pool was seen to decrease from three atmospheres to one atmosphere after the noise, suggesting possible damage. Radiation levels on the edge of the plant compound briefly spiked at 8217 microsieverts per hour but later fell to about a third that.

A close watch is being kept on the radiation levels to ascertain the status of containment. As a precaution Tokyo Electric Power Company has evacuated all non-essential personnel from the unit. The company’s engineers continue to pump seawater into the reactor pressure vessel, in an effort to cool it.

Prime minister Naoto Kan has requested that everyone withdraw from the ten kilometer evacuation zone around the nuclear power plant and that people that stay within remain indoors. He said his advice related to the overall picture of safety developments at Fukushima Daiichi, rather than those at any individual reactor unit.