The waters surrounding Japan are already showing huge radiation increases, and the crisis still has no solution in sight. Hysteria won't help the situation, but the Japanese scientists in charge of the nuclear program are clearly aware that the potential for long-term catastrophe in Japanese fishing areas and perhaps around the globe most certainly exists. Japan doesn't have huge swaths of land that can remain unused and fallow, as did Chernobyl. If their relatively small island is contaminated, as much of their food and dairy products in the area have already been, this could be a disaster for their country the likes of nothing the world has seen.
The worst part is that nobody has any idea how this can be stopped... or if it can be stopped at all. This is bad. It frankly doesn't get much worse.
HUGE RADIATION INCREASES*
*in the 100 foot area immediately surrounded the leak.
Dilution does wonders for stuff like this.
McFly! Your Computer is emitting radiation! Run, Man, RUN!!!!!!
At least you concede to be arguing from a position of ignorance... no point in asking the other questions like How many people died directly in the explosion at chernobyl versus how many people have died from the resulting radiation?
Ya.. well, Chernobyl also happened over 25 years ago... so there's been that time to measure the human impact of that disaster. The reactor workers at this point are probably already dead-men walking, bless their courage, and even they are not dying yet.
But we could also consider the technological improvements in areas like cancer research which will offer better chances of survival for those that will develop cancer over the coming decades.
Is such a question necessary, since the number 1, from Fukushima, is decidedly less than whatever figure you decide is the official tally for Cherynobyl.
The Mayor isn't going to waste time belaboring the obvious.
Yes, however the fact remains that the plume of RAM in the air from Fukushima is not anywhere near as serious as the flame-driven soot-laden plume that Chernobyl drove into the stratosphere for weeks. The quantity of radiation released, so far, is a full order of magnitude lower than Chernobyl.
We could, perhaps TEPCO could pony up the money. However, that's clearly a job for private donations, not the government. However, cancer research is flush with cash and additional spending is likely to do nothing more than churn the study pool and make money disappear.
...is less than 10% of that of Chernobyl.
You mean the obvious things like :
- A nuke plant exploding is not the same as a 'conventional explosive'
- That you're talking about a single explosion compared to multiple explosions coming from multiple reactors. (Yes, they had containment domes around the reactors themselves, but everyone ignores the videos of the explosions, so I won't link it again)
- That it takes a period of time (more in the length of years / decades then 4 weeks) for the overall effects.
Your argument is like saying someone tossed a grenade and it didn't hit anyone so it's not fatal... but you're only counting 1 second out of the entire countdown.
But no, you don't have to belabor the point, because you've said enough to show you're arguing from a position of ignorance, and viewing this from a perspective like it's a scoreboard
Oh I don't suppose you'd want to back that point up either... don't worry I trust in your ignorance.
Ya, of course... profits are privatized costs are socialized. And again, black and white perspective. You do realize that there are also costs in PERFORMING the operations and all that, right??
This is horrible. I mean REALLY horrible. The Ocean will be poisoned
Actually, the Mayor is arguing from a position of experience. How many nuclear reactors have you brought to Initial Criticality? How much reactor and secondary system maintenance have you done, and how much training have you had in the fields of reactor operations and radiological controls?
When the Mayor discusses a comparison between Chernobyl and Fukushima, the Mayor is drawing from profesional experience. When you express your angst, are you doing anything other than expressing the fears of an amateur?
You should. The Mayor is better informed than your ignorance.
Do you see ANY of the known nuclear operators on this board freaking out over this accident? What about Utah Bill? How's his blood pressure? Hmmm?
Hundreds of people evacuated from towns and villages close to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant are being turned away by medical institutions and emergency shelters as fears of radioactive contagion catch on.
Yes, what people do when they can't address what was said is address what they wish was said.
What they should do is encase the plant with concrete - infuse the fouled water with dry cement so it doesn't sluff out. And then just encase it like Chernobyl. We're smart enough to create these problems but we're not smart enough to fix them.
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