Explosion At The Nuclear Power Plant In Fukumi, Japan

Discussion in 'Adrian Wong' started by Adrian Wong, Mar 14, 2011.

  1. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    I don't think the government is going to be asking the residents to move back there anytime soon. So it will certainly be another ghost town like Pripyat IMO.
     
  2. Falcone

    Falcone Official Mascot Creator

    Actually Pripyat was much much worst than this, as they can still go without full protection gear, as long as they don't stay too long.
     
  3. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Well, I think they will have to move for sure, even if the town isn't badly affected. This is because the nuclear plant is far from stable. They still have to fix the pumps and make sure the plugged leak stays plugged.

    It will take many more weeks or months before the issue is settled. So I think the residents will have to relocate - how long can they wait for the power company to fix the nuclear plant and clean up the mess?
     
  4. karhoe

    karhoe Newbie

    Never expected it to be this bad, I thought a week ago it was mentioned that they finally sealed the plant...
     
  5. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Now they have just raised it to level 7, same as the Chernobyl.
     
  6. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    They sealed the leak, but they haven't been able to fix the pumps yet because I think the basement is submerged in radioactive water, and they have to keep pouring water in to keep the rods cool.

    Still, it's much better than before when there was a danger of a complete meltdown of the rods and a leak that "refused" to be sealed.
     
  7. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Well, that's just a classification. I think they hit 7 a long time ago, and they are only updating the classification now. However, we have to keep in mind that it is really quite different from Chernobyl.

    For example, the total amount of radioactive materials released from Fukushima is only 10% of what was released at Chernobyl, even though both are classified as Level 7 incidents.
     

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