[quote]Tokyo (CNN) -- Japanese authorities rushed Friday to cool down fears as well as radioactive temperatures inside a nuclear power plant rattled by Friday's mammoth earthquake, with the nation's prime minister planning a trip to personally inspect the atomic facility.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor, located about 160 miles north of Tokyo, "remains at a high temperature" because it "cannot cool down," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters.
Trade Minister Banri Kaieda said that a small radiation leak could occur at the plant, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported early Saturday morning.
These and other issues caused by the 8.9-magnitude tremor prompted authorities to order an evacuation of people within 2 to 3 kilometers (1.2 to 1.8 miles) of the plant, a move Edano called "precautionary." Those farther away -- within 3 to 10 kilometers -- were asked to stay in their homes. The Kyodo news agency estimated the evacuation order directly affected about 3,000 people.
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That decision notwithstanding, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan plans to head to the region. He will set off by helicopter around 6 a.m. Saturday to personally inspect the plant, according to Edano.
Earlier Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama said that Kan told him there had been no evidence so far of radiation leaks from nuclear reactors because of the earthquake and tsunami.
The Fukushima plant and three others were shut down after the quake, as Japan declared a state of atomic power emergency.
Cham Dallas, a professor of disaster management at the University of Georgia, said that it wouldn't be surprising if reactors get "both thermally hot and radioactively hot" after the reactors were shut down.
"When they shut down reactors, it takes a long time for them to go down," Dallas said. "It does not necessarily mean radioactive material got out of the reactor."
While authorities are "bracing for the scenario," the minister said, "At this moment, there is no danger to the environment."
Fire broke out at a second facility, the Onagawa plant, but crews put it out, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The trouble at the Fukushima plant happened after the plant successfully shut down, Edano said. Crews had difficulty generating enough electricity to pump water into the facility to cool it, he said.
Janie Eudy told CNN that her husband, Joe, was working at the plant and was injured by falling and shattering glass when the quake struck. As he and others were planning to evacuate, at their managers' orders, tsunami waves struck and washed buildings from the nearby town past the plant.
"To me, it sounded like hell on earth," she said, adding that her husband ultimately escaped.
The government said earlier that it was sending senior officials and the defense force's Chemical Corps to the Fukushima power plant, according to the Kyodo News Agency.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday on its website that its officials are "in full response mode," as they worked with Japanese authorities and monitor the situation.
Using Air Force planes, the U.S. government has sent over coolant for the Fukushima plant, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.
"We're really deeply involved in trying to do as much as we can on behalf of the Japanese and on behalf of U.S. citizens," she said.
James Acton, a physicist who examined Japan's Kashiwazaki nuclear plant after a 2007 earthquake, told CNN that Japanese authorities are in race to cool down the Fukushima reactor.
"If they can't restore power to the plant (and cool the reactor), then there's the possibility of some sort of core meltdown," he said.[/quote]
Its just getting worse and worse for Japan today.
source:[url]http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.nuclear/[/url]
Poor Japan.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Fukushima
[QUOTE=Kai-ryuu;28548319]S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Fukushima[/QUOTE]
Damn, you beat me to it
Blowout soon fellow stalker.
Why does the reactor continue to heat up even after it is off?
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28548350]Why does the reactor continue to heat up even after it is off?[/QUOTE]
:iiam:
I thought it was already cooled?
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28548350]Why does the reactor continue to heat up even after it is off?[/QUOTE]
Nuclear fission is still ongoing and is generating heat. Either that or magical things are happening inside of it idk.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28548350]Why does the reactor continue to heat up even after it is off?[/QUOTE]
The rods aren't going to stop emitting radiation any time soon, if one of the coolers go they'll just heat up and up until a possible meltdown.
ITT: nuclear physicists
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28548350]Why does the reactor continue to heat up even after it is off?[/QUOTE]
You must not understand anything about how the elements work.
[QUOTE=lead_farmer;28548371]ITT: nuclear physicists[/QUOTE]
You don't have to be a nuclear physicist to know how an element and radiation works. Just to pay attention in High School Chemistry really.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28548350]Why does the reactor continue to heat up even after it is off?[/QUOTE]
The fissile material from the fuel rods keep emitting radiation and thermal energy.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28548350]Why does the reactor continue to heat up even after it is off?[/QUOTE]
Because its still on
[QUOTE=lead_farmer;28548371]ITT: nuclear physicists[/QUOTE]
GCSE pyhsics isn't really that hard.
[QUOTE=Kai-ryuu;28548319]S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Fukushima[/QUOTE]
I'd like to joke about it, but it's too damn grim. Japan's had more than their fare share of nuclear disasters, haven't they? :/ Whether the other one was accidental or not is irrelevant.
[QUOTE=Mr. Sun;28548381]You must not understand anything about how the elements work.[/QUOTE]
Well if I knew I wouldn't have asked the question now would I
This is why we need to switch to Thorium fuel with molten salt reactors.
Tear down all those coal plants. Thorium is a much better fuel than uranium (which is better than coal).
This must not happen. I won't allow Japan to ruin my Stalker universe.
This just keeps getting worse and worse.
I'm scared.
I have good friends in Japan - one of them the nicest person I've ever known.
I feel sorry for my friend, his girlfriend is in the Philippines so if anything bad happens...
Well, a meltdown would suck for millions, but would also be a good laugh for this sadistic fuck right here
[editline]11th March 2011[/editline]
No srls I hope nothing happens
Poor Japan. I know a few people in Japan and while I'm not [I]friends[/i] with them, it really sucks to think they might be in danger.
[QUOTE=cdlink14;28548472]I feel sorry for my friend, his girlfriend is in the Philippines so if anything bad happens...[/QUOTE]
That could totally be taken the wrong way.
[QUOTE=Scar;28548502]Well, a meltdown would suck for millions, but would also be a good laugh for this sadistic fuck right here[/QUOTE]
You're disgusting.
There's plenty of water in Japan right now. Though how come can't they just lower the control rods?
[QUOTE=Mr. Sun;28548381]You don't have to be a nuclear physicist to know how an element and radiation works. Just to pay attention in High School Chemistry really.[/QUOTE]
I know enough to know that if you flush the water and lower the control rods completely, the reaction can be easily slowed to a safe level.
[QUOTE=Paravin;28548444]This must not happen. I won't allow Japan to ruin my Stalker universe.[/QUOTE]
get out of here desu~
[QUOTE=FlapadarV2;28548539]There's plenty of water in Japan right now. Though how come can't they just lower the control rods?[/QUOTE]
Although I doubt this is a serious question, the rods will be too hot for the water to cool. Also, taking them out the containers wouldn't be a smart move.
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