Japan: "No cause for alarm"

[jao123]

In article ,
[email protected]de says...

And the rest of us have to shiver in the dark because of your irrational
fear?

[RebaJean]

In article , nunyabidnits@eternal-
september.invalid says...

So educate me as to how it is that your brilliant "encase it in
concrete" idea never occurred to anybody who is looking for a way to
deal with radioactive waste. Do you think that nuclear engineers and
anti-nuclear activists between them are all so stupid that that idea has
never occurred to them? Do you think that they have never looked at it?
Do you think that if it actually would sequester radioactive material
sufficiently well to satisfy people as fearful as yourself but better
educated that technique would not already be in use?


What makes you think that it's harmless? You might want to read up on
the "encasement in concrete", which is currently leaking radioactive
material into the groundwater and which is in danger of collapse.
Google "Chernobyl sarcophagus".


Compared to the earthquake and tsunami, pretty much.


Reality. The earthquake and tsunami have killed thousands of people
that we know of and possibly tens of thousands depending on what happens
with those as yet unaccounted for. How many has the reactor killed?
Yes, there is much hysteria in the press, but there is always hysteria
in the press.


Read what? I don't see you advocating any safer reactor designs. I
just see you jumping up and down and calling for pointless "solutions"
to nonexistent problems.


You're the one calling for change. It's up to you to make the case for
it. If you can't, prepare to be mocked.


None of that indicates any kind of instability.


If you do not wish to converse with me then do not converse with me.

[Lindsey L]

"J. Clarke" wrote:

Better than personally glowing in the dark. There also other systems of
generating energy that are safer. I am for population reduction therefore
less CO2. If nuclear is so safe I propose that you build the plants in the
downtown cities rather than the boondocks.

Mr. Clark, So tell me do you work for or on behalf of the nuclear industry?

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

[Ali McAllister]

In article , nunyabidnits@eternal-
september.invalid says...

Define "the maximum possible natural disaster threat". Chicxulub was a
"natural disaster". Would you require that a reactor be able to survive
that? If not then what would you require that it survive?


So let's see, after spending many year building a reactor, during which
time "the very latest and safest methods humanly possible" changed, you
would then forbid its operation? Is that what you are saying?

[AngelofSin]

In article , nunyabidnits@eternal-
september.invalid says...

Nope. Her psychiatrist diagnosed her Asperger's. You're acting like
her. May be you have Asperger's, in which case your behavior is at
least understandable, or maybe you're just a twit.

Well, now I'm leaning heavily toward twit.




And you still haven't denied it.


You want to call the Emperor and get me a special dispensation to work
in Japan?


If you meant Chernobyl you should have said Chernobyl. Fine, according
to you since it's "encased in concrete" everything is peachy-keen, but
according to you the surrounding area is not "habitable or workable".
Now, you are correct that there is an area around Chernobyl which is not
safe for long term habitation, however you have not presented one iota
of evidence that the radiation levels in Japan are anything like those
in the vicinity of Chernobyl.


What's the matter? Can't take criticism?

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sf wrote:

Coal plants release more radiation than nuclear plants. It's in the
ash and in the steam and C02. The ash waste from coal plants also
remains toxic forever. Forever is longer than the halflife of any
radioactive neuclide.


What to do with nuclear waste is a political issue not a technical
issue. Ask the French. They reprocess out the transuranics then
vitrify the small amount of short lived (short as in centuries not
millennia) waste and put it in granite vaults that are very deep used
mines. Do that reprocessing without concentrating the fissionables and
you never make any bomb material.

Fukushima is worse than TMI, not as bad as Chernobyl. It's a mess. It
was an old style boiling water reactor. At this point I want all of the
bioling water reactors aged out and replaced with CanDu dynamically
stable reactors. Which are better at burning the reprocessed fuel rod
material as well.

[Sutway]

In article , nunyabidnits@eternal-
september.invalid says...

Worst earthquake in the history of Japan is hardly "a fairly predictable
natural disaster". They designed for the worst case that anybody had
any reason to expect. You would have had them design to a higher
standard. Fine. But you don't seem to grasp that no matter what you
design for, nature can come up with something worse.

[a???V??c??oR???? . a??]

On 3/21/2011 10:48 PM, Andy wrote:

The Japanese will suffer in silence while Western culture tends to
express their troubles externally. The Japanese like to keep it all
within themselves and not burden other folks.

My father, years ago, called me to let me know that he had a "little
accident." "Little accident - no big deal" probably meant that he was in
the hospital and in this case, he had his finger ripped out while using
a lathe and needed me to bring some clothes to him - in the hospital.
The foremost thing in his mind was that I not worry about him. My father
is old school, like that.

I just got back from a funeral for an aunt who died of cancer. She
pretty much wanted it kept quiet so I never even knew she was sick.
That's so typical...

[UniquelyGothic]

J. Clarke wrote:

Ah. Three layers then.

[Steph07]

On 3/22/2011 1:07 PM, dsi1 wrote:

Even though he is gone, we celebrated his birthday Saturday by cooking
ribeyes on the grill. We had steak, baked potato and a salad with a
couple of jalapenos. That was one of his favorite meals.

Parents are special people, but IMO, stepparents are extra special.

Becca

Becca