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SAQ wrote: Surprised it took this long to make the forums.
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Geoman wrote: f***!! it is exploded
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The Bandito wrote: In a few years, no doubt, you'll be able to buy a computer,
software and operating system that will match the capabilities
of your current Amiga at about the price you paid for the
Amiga way back when. But you can smile to yourself, knowing
that you were touching the future years before the rest of
the world. And that other computers and operating systems
will do with brute force what the Amiga did years before with
grace, elegance and style.
Geoman wrote: f***!! it is exploded
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PymbleSoftware wrote:Geoman wrote: f***!! it is exploded
Apparently they don't use heavy water reactors , so it is not as bad as a Chernobyl type event... Still pretty worrying. But then just going on what I am reading about it...
R.
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SAQ wrote:PymbleSoftware wrote:Geoman wrote: f***!! it is exploded
Apparently they don't use heavy water reactors , so it is not as bad as a Chernobyl type event... Still pretty worrying. But then just going on what I am reading about it...
R.
??? Chernobyl was RBMK gas-cooled graphite moderated reactors, probably leveraged from Pu-production reactors. Heavy water/light water doesn't make a difference, really.
I'm glad they weren't gas or sodium-cooled (sodium cooled for obvious reasons: leak+flooding=very bad problem, considering that the sodium is usually radioactive, and gas because the fuel cladding is usually not as good as is in place at a water-cooled reactor).
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/threemetre-tsunami-heading-for-disaster-zone-new-quake-shakes-japan-as-battle-waged-against-nuclear-meltdown-20110313-1bt30.html wrote: Experts noted, however, that even a complete meltdown would probably be far less severe than the 1986 disaster at Chernobyl, where a reactor exploded and sent a cloud of radiation over much of Europe. That reactor, unlike the ones in Fukushima, was not housed in a sealed container.
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Oskar45 wrote: Seems the subject of this thread is no longer of primary importance, considering a major nuclear catastrophe is about to happen any time soon. When will people learn? Probably never...
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fu wrote: so i managed to get hold of my friends (that doesn't say much though with so many people involved) and they confirmed that half of the cell phones were not (some still do not) working due to the disaster (and also the fact that everyone was trying to call everyone else)
(sounds hopeful if you're still looking to reach nears+dears)
i just found a visual reference of what happened: part 1 , part 2
Oskar45 wrote: Considerating Fukushima's situation, whether or not half of Japan's cell phones were working is of no importance. Either way, these people have a major problem. How long will it take for the radioactivity to reach the West Coast?
Oskar45 wrote:fu wrote: so i managed to get hold of my friends (that doesn't say much though with so many people involved) and they confirmed that half of the cell phones were not (some still do not) working due to the disaster (and also the fact that everyone was trying to call everyone else)
(sounds hopeful if you're still looking to reach nears+dears)
i just found a visual reference of what happened: part 1 , part 2
Considerating Fukushima's situation, whether or not half of Japan's cell phones were working is of no importance. Either way, these people have a major problem. How long will it take for the radioactivity to reach the West Coast?
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Radiation levels away from the reactor buildings themselves appear to be dropping as of the early hours this morning UK time. Japan's nuclear regulators reported as of the early hours this morning (17th March) that readings at the plant gates had dropped from 0.7 millisievert/hour to 0.3 over the previous 12 hours: workers would be able to endure such levels for months if required, as these hourly doses are equivalent to those sustained by everyone on Earth from background radiation every few weeks.
