Earthquake in Japan....9.0...ouch!

AGD · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:10

leaskovski said:
I would guess that they shut the thing down when stuff like this happens?

Yeah, the nuclear plants have automatic shutdown procedures when seismic activity occurs.

PaulStat · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:10

^ lol @ Lucero, inconvenient.

Speirs · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:10

Lucero said:
So, lets summarise. Such a massive event that some guy who lives in Osaka barely even knew about it. Yes, ok, it's a big event, but not for Japan in this day and age. Their whole culture is built around this type of event happening. I assure you, if it happened here, most of the country would collapse. We can barely manage when a tube line gets flooded. For those in Japan (who potentially have eartquakes every other day), this is just inconvenient.

Sharlaw · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:10

But the cores still need to be kept cool.

leaskovski · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:12

Sharlaw said:
But the cores still need to be kept cool.

Dunno, not really that knowledgable about them. Maybe we should ask Rypt?

PiKe · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:12

Sharlaw said:
But the cores still need to be kept cool.

RT @SAWDIS: Japan confirms they currently cant cool down the damaged #nuclear power plant

clv101 · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:12

Link

Crowort · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:12

But the plant being talked about is the one were the automatic shutdown failed. There isn't enough power getting to the backup systems to pump the water needed to cool the reactor to shut it down. At least that is what the Japanese government just said on BBC news.

Speirs · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:13

JAMAL · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:13

What is the worst that can happen with the nuclear plant? a Chernobyl style event?

PiKe · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:14

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scorza · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:14

leaskovski said:
I would guess that they shut the thing down when stuff like this happens?

Yeah but various sources are already reporting a fire at the plant and radioactive material leaking. :eek:

OriginalJonty · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:14

PiKe said:
RT @SAWDIS: Japan confirms they currently cant cool down the damaged #nuclear power plant

What would happen if they couldn't cool the reactor? Meltdown?

Emlyn_Dewar · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:14

Lucero said:
So, lets summarise. Such a massive event that some guy who lives in Osaka barely even knew about it. Yes, ok, it's a big event, but not for Japan in this day and age. Their whole culture is built around this type of event happening. I assure you, if it happened here, most of the country would collapse. We can barely manage when a tube line gets flooded. For those in Japan (who potentially have eartquakes every other day), this is just inconvenient.

I think PiKe summed it up beautifully when he said "you're an idiot".

PiKe · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:14

OriginalJonty said:
What would happen if they couldn't cool the reactor? Meltdown?

Essentially yes.

smit101 · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:15

Lucero said:
So,this is just inconvenient.

29 deaths inconvenient? How would you feel if a member of your family was among the casualties? just an incovenience I suppose. It's also the highest magnitude earthquake recorded in Japans History, hardly a daily occurence.

Craig1981 · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:15

Lucero said:
So, lets summarise. Such a massive event that some guy who lives in Osaka barely even knew about it. Yes, ok, it's a big event, but not for Japan in this day and age. Their whole culture is built around this type of event happening. I assure you, if it happened here, most of the country would collapse. We can barely manage when a tube line gets flooded. For those in Japan (who potentially have eartquakes every other day), this is just inconvenient.

You cant possibly believe that. Even for a country that often suffers earthquakes this is a major event. This earthquake is more powerful than any other in recorded history for that region. The damage done is waaaaay higher.

Your comment would be like if there was a major flood in the UK, destroying dozens of communities and drowning thousands of people and then someone on some international website dissed it by saying "oh the people of the UK get rain all the time, this is trivial to them"

Cosimo · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:15

They just said that they were struggling to put out a fire at one of the power stations.

Speirs · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:16

PiKe said:
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I know. When did I sat it was anything else?

Django x2 · 11 Mar 2011 at 11:16

PiKe said:
You're an idiot.

Live in Japan do you? Been to Japan have you? Personal attacks receive infractions now don't you know.

Most footage I see is of people walking around getting on with their jobs and cars driving normally along the roads. We see much worse when earthquakes hit the west coast of the US. I admit, my wording probably seemed careless, so I apologise. It is obviously a serious situation, but Japan deals with these things a lot better than we might do is all I'm saying.