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Fukushima, this is our situation.

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scientist
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http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2012/04/22/fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready-for-a-mass-extinction-event/

Scary stuff, high potential for the biggest extinction event in human history. Something that needs to be brought into the public eye much more-so than it already is.
Apr 29 2012 1:34AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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if its not zombies i dont want to have a thing to do with it
Apr 29 2012 1:35AM
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Mr.Turtle
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sucks for Toyota
Apr 29 2012 1:36AM
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1337
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sounded pretty uneducated, biased, and without numbers to back up. Sure radiation was found in pollen, food, etc, but how much? I'd like to know numbers

I'm all for nuclear power, and nuclear regulation and safe use of it, but its stuff like this that gives it a bad name.
Apr 29 2012 1:38AM
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scientist
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well consider these nuclear particles little microscopic zombies, and if enough of them nom nom on your insides, over time you will decompose into nuclear soil, and soon after, you to will be little nuclear particle zombies.
Apr 29 2012 1:39AM
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scientist
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The lack of media coverage on this is actually whats most unsettling to me. Its as if the goes beyond the line of reportability. If these claims would be substantiated imagine the mass panic and exodus to the southern hemisphere. Even if these figures are embellished it still sounds like a fairly groundbreaking event in the making for humanity.

Will and Kate are really important though.

Apr 29 2012 1:51AM
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1337
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the media isn't covering it because it doesn't have the numbers/this claim isn't backed up....
Apr 29 2012 2:00AM
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cubber
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40,000,000 bcq/kg!!! oh shit!!!!!
i like how they use units that nobody has any idea about, but oh boy its a BIG number!
im unconcerned.
Apr 29 2012 2:00AM
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1337
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couldn't even find these units as a standard...
Rotogens or gtfo
Apr 29 2012 2:04AM
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ktd619
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This. I felt like the article was trying to go against nuclear power. I live in the shadow of a nuclear cooling tower from our plant and couldn't feel any more safe.
Apr 29 2012 2:14AM
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1337
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I'm 15 miles from Seabrook, NH.
My parents dealt with the cleanup and decommissioning of several nuclear power plants
I grew up hearing about how tight the NRC is, and how on top of their shit they are. Believe me, if there was a problem there, we'd know about it and everyone would be doing everything they could do to contain it.
Apr 29 2012 2:17AM
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ktd619
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My Chem teacher works at our Nuke plant(Perry, OH). He told us there is a better chance of a tsunami coming over lake erie and wiping out all of Cleveland than a disaster at the power plant. It's just as safe, if not safer than any other form of alt. energy, its just expensive.
Apr 29 2012 2:21AM
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1337
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it's actually not that expensive, all things considered. Its incredibly efficient, incredibly safe, incredibly regulated. the ONLY problem is what to do with spent fuel rods, which is pricey because of all the precautions they take
Apr 29 2012 2:24AM
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POWDER.RANGER
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thats some bs right there
Apr 29 2012 2:32AM
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armadaski44
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quality post. Deffintely some scary shit that deserves further research. I do however support the use of nuclear of energy.
May 2 2012 11:54AM
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e_strapp
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Read the about part of the website, seems legit
May 2 2012 12:01PM
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howlongcanausern
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there's really no wonder why germany is rapidly closing their nuclear plants. nobody wants them(or the waste) in their back yard
May 2 2012 12:02PM
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VT_FLO
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you're not a real scientist!
May 2 2012 12:10PM
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Strobe
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Its dumb that they are. Shit's efficient
May 2 2012 12:24PM
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MitchPee
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As someone who lived in Japan at the time of the earthquake and saw what actually happened, I can tell you the media did in fact report it. It's all that was on western tv for three days. The problem is the media needs to sensationalize it, and when you do that the feeling only lasts for a couple days. Then people are so bombarded with the issue they don't care about it anymore. The media recognizes this and instantly moves onto the next big story.

The Japanese are very sensitive about bad news getting out. So their media does hide a fair share. However the claims in this report are absolutely unfounded and ridiculous. There are MANY international scientists still working with the Japanese making sure levels are safe.
May 2 2012 12:31PM
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Cufe.
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Any news site with pop-up ads instantly looses all credibility. Al Jazeera has nothing on this except a brief mention in the "opinions" section so as far as I am concerened this is some hippie in his/her basement complaining on a blog.

NEXT IN NEWS! UFO's spotted over white house. Human race will be enslaved within weeks!
May 2 2012 12:38PM
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PacificRimJob
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Thousands.


May 2 2012 12:52PM
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BrewskiJr
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After reading the whole article and the letter the senator wrote, it really doesn't seem to be as bad as the author is railing it out to be. The high majority of the letter seemed to give Japan our condolences on the tragedy, and less towards "get your shit together or we will all die."
May 2 2012 1:09PM
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CheddarJack
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In all seriousness, I'm not too worried about it
May 2 2012 1:12PM
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DADDYlongLEGS
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The whole scare about the nuclear reactor was blown out of proportion in the first place. I haven't been able to find credible information that anyone has even died from radiation poisoning. Just a few people have been exposed to radiation levels that were all that dangerous.

The earthquake itself was a terrible event and I am not trying to downplay how serious it was but it is a separate issue than the claims about widespread radiation poisoning.
May 2 2012 2:11PM
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theabortionator
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alternative energy now
May 2 2012 2:16PM
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doitbig
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I'm all for alternative energy and saving the people, but this is all I got from the article...

"If they are MOX fuel"

 That's a big if.

May 2 2012 3:05PM
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DrZoidberg
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I don't really see how it's gonna be a mass extinction. It's not like radiation is gonna sweep across the country and kill millions of people in a day like an asteroid strike would. And if I remember correctly bcq are becquerel and it's a small unit. Hence why that number is huge. Radiation units are still something I don't know well off the top of my head... That would be like saying the length of a jump in picometers. It would sound huge and I'd bet most people don't use the pico prefix too often.
May 2 2012 3:15PM
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TheGnarwhal
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Came to post this.


It's all bullshit.
May 2 2012 3:30PM
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