Radiation Levels Surge Outside Two Nuclear Plants in Japan

Personally, I'd like some links. He's posted a lot of stuff without providing any links. I'd like to read it myself from the source.

I woke up this morning the plant was still there. According to him, it melted down yesterday.

kresspin wrote: Personally, I'd like some links. He's posted a lot of stuff without providing any links. I'd like to read it myself from the source.

I woke up this morning the plant was still there. According to him, it melted down yesterday.

You want links to news reports that substantiate what deltamrey is saying? Do you not recognize that he is an expert and is using various facts along with his expertise to provide you with insights that no news article is going to give you right away? If you wish to believe all you read because it has a link to a source, that is your prerogative. What you are missing is that such sources are created by or quote the views of experts like deltamrey.

Your snide remark

kresspin wrote: I woke up this morning the plant was still there. According to him, it melted down yesterday.

clearly documents your ignorance on this subject matter. I'd recommend you at least educate yourself on the basics before making yourself look like an idiot. Unlike your insinuation a meltdown does not automatically equate to a nuclear explosion.

A meltdown occurs when a severe failure of a nuclear power plant system prevents proper cooling of the reactor core, to the extent that the nuclear fuel assemblies overheat and melt. A meltdown is considered very serious because of the potential that radioactive materials could be released into the environment. A core meltdown will also render the reactor unstable until it is repaired. The scrapping and disposal of the reactor core will incur substantial costs for the operator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_meltdown

Did you also know that there have been natural fission reactors in the geologic past? Ref: Meshik, A. P. (November 2005). "The Workings of an Ancient Nuclear Reactor". Scientific American.
Just imagine the radiation that reactor emitted.

It saddens me to have you slam deltamrey because of your own ignorance and inability to see the value of what he is contributing. It's not much different from my reporting on the BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. I provided insights into that disaster that no news reported because I was intimately familiar with how such matters work. Likewise deltamrey. He provides you with much more insight than any news reports because he has the in depth knowledge that no news reporter is likely to have. Personally, I think you would do well to apologize to him.

I think it's great that we have at least one member who has knowledge beyond what we are told by the tv talking heads.

I really do not mind the local peanut gallery......ignorance is bliss.........sad and I send them pitty.

For those that have yet to get it in previous posts - try GOOGGLE ANS (American Nuclear Society).......my buddies in the industry ARE the USA sources - we do fully understand the designs and operations (we also get $500/hr for consultation - quite routinely - seems many only get $$$ - and not substance). We avoid the mass media. Here is a bit more:

ANS has reached out to The Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ) to offer technical assistance.
ANS has established an incident communications response team.
This team has compiling relevant news reports and other publicly available information on the ANS blog,
which can be found at ansnuclearcafe.org.
The team is also fielding media inquiries and providing reporters with background information and
technical perspective as the events unfold.
Finally, the ANS is collecting information from publicly available sources, our sources in government
agencies, and our sources on the ground in Japan, to better understand the extent and impact of the
incident

Is the Japanese gov't being candid with the information that they are releasing? Is there any way to discern the extent of their disclosures?

major bean wrote: Is the Japanese gov't being candid with the information that they are releasing? Is there any way to discern the extent of their disclosures?

Well it's not like they will be able to hide a major problem......I'm sure if they feel like they are losig control, they will give that news so that other countries can prepare or come to help evacuate people. They have nothing to gain by being secretive imo.

How long did it take to release to the public all the dirty details during the BP oil spill?

Just saying.

I do like having this info. Not like we are a news station or anything. And hearing something other than what the news is telling us is very interesting to me anyway.