OT – Nuclear Fallout Map

[Arraya]

[quote=ILoveRegulation][quote=Arraya]From what I have read due to the reactor design an international radioactive release is very very low probability. [/quote]

I’m not so sure about that. There is a lot of spent fuel on site that needs a continuous supply of water to keep cool. Radiation around the site is getting so high that all the workers were forced to evacuate. If they can’t figure out a way to keep the spent fuel cool, then there probably won’t be an explosion, but it could all melt over the course of many months with the radiation contaminating an ever wider area.

From what I’ve read, I get the sense that this has the potential to be worse than Chernobyl due to the large amount of spent fuel.[/quote]

Sure lots of spent fuel but it needs a dissipation mechanism. Chernobyl had a large nuclear explosion. Which is not likely due to design. A complete meltdown at these reactors would not cause the kind of explosion. This is not to say the local contamination can’t be severe. But you need a mechanism to eject it. I suppose a combination of the proper wind flows and a monster fire could do some damage but we are getting into the less and less probable.

Heck, when Chernobyl blew radiation alarms in Sweden were going off, almost immediately

[ILoveRegulation]

[quote=Arraya]
Heck, when Chernobyl blew radiation alarms in Sweden were going off, almost immediately[/quote]

Not true. Chernobyl blew on April 26 and on April 28 some workers going into a Swedish nuclear plant set off alarms.

I don’t know how bad this thing is going to get, but it seems like pretty much everyone has been underestimating the danger up to this point.

[ILoveRegulation]

[quote=Arraya]
Heck, when Chernobyl blew radiation alarms in Sweden were going off, almost immediately[/quote]

Not true. Chernobyl blew on April 26 and on April 28 some workers going into a Swedish nuclear plant set off alarms.

I don’t know how bad this thing is going to get, but it seems like pretty much everyone has been underestimating the danger up to this point.

[ILoveRegulation]

[quote=Arraya]
Heck, when Chernobyl blew radiation alarms in Sweden were going off, almost immediately[/quote]

Not true. Chernobyl blew on April 26 and on April 28 some workers going into a Swedish nuclear plant set off alarms.

I don’t know how bad this thing is going to get, but it seems like pretty much everyone has been underestimating the danger up to this point.

[ILoveRegulation]

[quote=Arraya]
Heck, when Chernobyl blew radiation alarms in Sweden were going off, almost immediately[/quote]

Not true. Chernobyl blew on April 26 and on April 28 some workers going into a Swedish nuclear plant set off alarms.

I don’t know how bad this thing is going to get, but it seems like pretty much everyone has been underestimating the danger up to this point.

[ILoveRegulation]

[quote=Arraya]
Heck, when Chernobyl blew radiation alarms in Sweden were going off, almost immediately[/quote]

Not true. Chernobyl blew on April 26 and on April 28 some workers going into a Swedish nuclear plant set off alarms.

I don’t know how bad this thing is going to get, but it seems like pretty much everyone has been underestimating the danger up to this point.

[Arraya]

Still, it goes to my point – that there was a powerful ejection mechanism that released a large amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere. In these reactors we don’t have a mechanism to do this. Not saying that one can’t manifest due to the unpredictability of complexity of the situation. It’s just very low on the probability scale due to reactor design as opposed to this accident which was not that low on the probability scale. Actually, experts did not underestimate this. The underestimation was partially a monetary influenced event and exacerbated by normalcy bias (during the emergency). Just like with Katrina and the Gulf blow-out.

[Arraya]

Still, it goes to my point – that there was a powerful ejection mechanism that released a large amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere. In these reactors we don’t have a mechanism to do this. Not saying that one can’t manifest due to the unpredictability of complexity of the situation. It’s just very low on the probability scale due to reactor design as opposed to this accident which was not that low on the probability scale. Actually, experts did not underestimate this. The underestimation was partially a monetary influenced event and exacerbated by normalcy bias (during the emergency). Just like with Katrina and the Gulf blow-out.

[Arraya]

Still, it goes to my point – that there was a powerful ejection mechanism that released a large amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere. In these reactors we don’t have a mechanism to do this. Not saying that one can’t manifest due to the unpredictability of complexity of the situation. It’s just very low on the probability scale due to reactor design as opposed to this accident which was not that low on the probability scale. Actually, experts did not underestimate this. The underestimation was partially a monetary influenced event and exacerbated by normalcy bias (during the emergency). Just like with Katrina and the Gulf blow-out.

[Arraya]

Still, it goes to my point – that there was a powerful ejection mechanism that released a large amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere. In these reactors we don’t have a mechanism to do this. Not saying that one can’t manifest due to the unpredictability of complexity of the situation. It’s just very low on the probability scale due to reactor design as opposed to this accident which was not that low on the probability scale. Actually, experts did not underestimate this. The underestimation was partially a monetary influenced event and exacerbated by normalcy bias (during the emergency). Just like with Katrina and the Gulf blow-out.

[Arraya]

Still, it goes to my point – that there was a powerful ejection mechanism that released a large amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere. In these reactors we don’t have a mechanism to do this. Not saying that one can’t manifest due to the unpredictability of complexity of the situation. It’s just very low on the probability scale due to reactor design as opposed to this accident which was not that low on the probability scale. Actually, experts did not underestimate this. The underestimation was partially a monetary influenced event and exacerbated by normalcy bias (during the emergency). Just like with Katrina and the Gulf blow-out.

[CA renter]

Anyone here considered “taking a vacation” back east as a result of the nuclear problems?

[CA renter]

Anyone here considered “taking a vacation” back east as a result of the nuclear problems?

[CA renter]

Anyone here considered “taking a vacation” back east as a result of the nuclear problems?

[CA renter]

Anyone here considered “taking a vacation” back east as a result of the nuclear problems?

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