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Legionnaires' disease bacteria was found at Sunderland's Gill Bridge Avenue station during routine tests of the water systems. The bug was also found in the showers at four other Northumbria Police stations. "We have, therefore, isolated the showers for full sterilisation to take place," said Assistant Northumbria Police chief constable Keith Mavin. "At the end of the sterilisation process, the facilities will be tested again and will only be re-opened if they are found to be clear of the bacteria." "We have been advised by our occupational health unit that exposure to the bacteria does not necessarily lead to Legionnaires' disease being contracted. "The risk in this case is considered to be low, so everyone who uses the showers is being kept fully informed of the situation." He added: "We do not consider that any member of the public visiting these police stations has been exposed to the bacteria. All our police stations remain open and fully operational." Officers and other force staff have been warned about the symptoms of Legionnaires' disease and what to do if they are worried about it. Also known as Legionellosis, the disease is a rare form of pneumonia, and takes its name from the first outbreak which occurred in a hotel hosting a convention of the Pennsylvania branch of the American Legion in 1976.)
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dbmzk1 said:
I think a lot of that stuff is made up... Nuclear event at a US power station?
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Officials at FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company's (FENOC) Perry Nuclear Power Plant are investigating the cause of an unexpected plant shutdown that occurred at 7:32 a.m. today. The Perry Plant's safety systems responded as designed during the automatic shutdown. Following the reactor shutdown, the plant experienced a problem with the Feedwater System level control. However, reactor water level was adequately maintained at all times by other plant systems. The plant is currently in a safe and stable condition at zero-percent reactor power. A Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) special inspection team is expected at the Perry Plant to watch the plant's assessment of, and response to, the shutdown. The Perry Plant, located in Perry, Ohio, is owned by Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp. , and is operated by FirstEnergy's FENOC subsidiary. FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, as well as energy management and other energy-related services. Its seven electric utility operating companies comprise the nation's fifth largest investor-owned electric system based on serving 4.5 million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and its generation subsidiaries control more than 14,000 megawatts of capacity.)
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Volcano erupting doesn't automatically mean lava spewing forth from the top of a mountain. Could just be a minor eruption. Sort of geological fart, so to speak.
 
SiriusB said:
Volcano erupting doesn't automatically mean lava spewing forth from the top of a mountain. Could just be a minor eruption. Sort of geological fart, so to speak.
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But even so, it would be pumping tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. Still, as long as we hike up the road tax (or VED for the pedants) on 4x4's everything will be fine.
 
trescodrucey said:
very very cool

cant believe how many recent earthquakes!
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When a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Kobe region of Japan in 1995, killing 6400 people, nearby springs filled with carbon dioxide immediately afterwards. This often happens after large quakes but no one knew why.

Now a team of geophysicists think they have solved the puzzle. High temperatures generated by friction along a fault line are known to melt rock during a quake, and the team's chemical analysis of melts from the Kobe region now shows that this process forced rock to release large amounts of CO2.

Vincent Famin of the University of Réunion in Saint Denis, France, and colleagues calculated that rock melted during the Kobe earthquake could have released as much as 3400 tonnes of CO2 in just a few seconds. That could be hugely significant for understanding what drives earthquakes, the team says, because the sudden discharge of the gas would lubricate the rock, increasing the violence of ...
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So... a few thousand tons more co2 into the atmosphere in a few seconds. Good job we have the congestion charge, eh? That'll stop all this global warming!
 
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