Nuclear explosion in Japan

[OwlHoot]

Well not really. Power is being rationed and the worlds 3rd largest economy will suffer. Also they have large positions on the euro so there could well be knock on effects.

This disaster will go global, although not in the nuclear sense.

Poor sods.

We'll be poor sods too when Japan ups it's oil and gas imports for a few years, if that increases the price of oil.

(although I'm not trying to make light of their present situation)

[stek]

Most if not all of the UKs reactors are on the coast.

Not all, the one I worked on was about 4km away from the sea. Well, estuary. We had 'the pipeline' tho - water was pumped up and 'stuff' pumped down....

[Platypus]

How much is everyone on here donating? Clientco are matching donations 2:1.

My son saw the appeal on the telly but he told me that they have enough money already: apparently, the bloke on the telly had two boats outside his house.

[TimberWolf]

My son saw the appeal on the telly but he told me that they have enough money already: apparently, the bloke on the telly had two boats outside his house.

Some of them even have roof boats

[AtW]

Most if not all of the UKs reactors are on the coast.

Another good reason to live in Birmingham...

[BlasterBates]

Well that's the end of Nuclear:

Japan earthquake, nuclear energy: Japan's crisis may have already derailed 'nuclear renaissance' - latimes.com

Which is great for my oil and gas shares.

[wobbegong]

Another good reason to live in Birmingham...

No AtW, there are NO good reasons for living in Birmingham.

[BlasterBates]

At the end of Star Trek II (The Wrath of Khan) Spock goes inside the ship's main reactor chamber as the only way to save the ship, manually making repairs and being killed in the process.

I wonder, apart from heat and poison levels, how long would a person last after exposure to a nuclear core? Can extreme levels kill you in minutes like in Star Trek or would it be certain death in a few days?

A human wouldn't survive as long as a Vulcan. Spock amazed Dr McCoy by surviving as long as he did.

[d000hg]

Not sure if anyone already posted this link:

Fukushima is a triumph for nuke power: Build more reactors now! ? The Register

I'm just a regular physics graduate, not a nuclear specialist, but it makes sense to me unless he's reporting on inaccurate facts.

[TimberWolf]

Not sure if anyone already posted this link:

Fukushima is a triumph for nuke power: Build more reactors now! ? The Register

I'm just a regular physics graduate, not a nuclear specialist, but it makes sense to me unless he's reporting on inaccurate facts.

I like this line:

but quite frankly being a nuclear powerplant worker at Fukushima has been pretty safe compared to just being an ordinary citizen in quake-hit Japan.

or in other words the nuclear power plant was one of the safer parts of the NE coast of Japan.

I think it's a bit early to be as optimistic as he writes about recommissioning those 3 reactors and having no further cooling troubles with them. It would be great if the end result spurs more research into nuclear technology though.