Breaking news : Japanese nuclear reactor exploded
 

What a horrible mess. Looks like it's like going to be Chernobyl.
Watch CNN now.

[3:08 a.m. ET, 5:08 p.m. Tokyo] An explosion has been reported near a nuclear plant in northeastern Japan's Fukushima prefecture, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the country's nuclear and industrial safety agency.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/12...d-destruction/

watching on NHK live now, they show before and after pictures with one building totally gone

I'm watching on NHK
They say a whole plant dome is just collapsed.

Yeah :s
and cooling systems are failing and great danger of one reactor overheating.

One hour of radiation there is equal to a 1 years of normal radiation.

wow `30 generators for backup and ALL 30 failed due to the quake.
How difficult can it be to bring in more generators?

Before and after
http://michaelo.dk/boom.jpg

Do the Japanese have a contingency plan for this scenario?

WTF!?

Years of movies have taught me to never trust anything that mutates in Japan. Prepare for war...

Clip of the explosion
http://www.twitvid.com/LICNU

One expert said the explosion was "clearly a serious situation," but may not be related to problems inside the plant's nuclear reactor.

Other effects of the tsunami may have caused the blast, said Malcolm Grimston, associate fellow for energy, environment and development at London's Chatham House.

"It's clearly a serious situation, but that in itself does not necessarily mean major (nuclear) contamination," he said.

Near. Near they said.

They did say near, but from watching that clip I'd say they're playing on semantics. 1m away is "near" too.

noxious gas just exploded near my nutsack...

http://images.scribblelive.com/2011/...b1dfce_500.jpg

Where was this from?

Have a japanese person at my work now, he is saying that if it is a true meltdown, it will eventually hit the water table causing a massive nuclear bomb style blast.

I wonder what all the pro-nuclear politicians in the US think about building more reactors now?

So much for that "clean, safe power" theory. BBC trying to play it down, and failing.

When I was young and protesting at Diablo Canyon, this is exactly the scenario we were trying to illustrate. There is no such thing as a "fail safe" sytem with that kind of energy.

its cleaner than the coal shit :2 cents:

scary. Maybe it won't be like Cernobal.

i feel an affinity towards that, but not enough to actually like

new photo released from ground zero of nuclear plant.

















































http://www.proudmonkey.com/uploaded_...hra-717373.jpg

hello, anything new?

wtf this isnt the god damned news channel

although many here pretend to be reporters

Yes. There's radiation seeping into your body, and mutating your cells as you read this. You're going to have 16 fingers, and an 80lbs foot soon. :)

Explosion at Japan nuclear plant caused by "water vapor" from cooling process, not the nuclear reactor, government says.

until everyone dies.

I love all the sensationalism being reported :)

big shit going there

SCENERIO:
Put Head between legs..firmly kiss ass GOODBYE

This calls for a freaky tune:

0-50 rads - No obvious short-term effects

80-120 rads - You have a 10% chance of vomiting and experiencing nausia for a few days

130 -170 rads - You have a 25% chance of vomiting and contracting other symptoms

180-220 rads - You have a 50% chance of vomiting and having other severe physical effects

270-330 rads - 20% chance of death in 6 weeks, or you will recover in a few months.

400-500 rads - 50% chance of death

550-750 rads - Nausia within a few hours ; no survivors

> 1000 rads - immediate incapacitation and death within a week or less.



http://radiology.rsna.org/content/130/3/789.abstract

Wow.............

Yeah radiation sickness is not one of the easy ways to go.

rip earth. fun while it lasted.

Yup, i had a dump 5mins ago. Will report back with any other updates...

good night everybody

Sushi is about to change color and taste :(

They are saying the exterior walls are gone but the metal housing holding the reactor is still intact.