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Originally posted by CodyOutlaw
A 6.1 is not exactly tiny, is it.
I'll be keeping an eye on this, because that plant is already so damaged, it wouldn't take much.
Originally posted by crazydaisy
I find it difficult to believe the new quake right over the nuclear plant
did no further damage. It certainly seemed to be down played
all day
Originally posted by soficrow
Reports range from saying 'no reports yet' to 'no damage.' ...Most likely there's no obvious damage, but we already know we're not going to get the truth before it's too big to cover up. ...Even the 3.7 in Ontario caused a leak at the Pickering reactor. And this was a 6.1.
Originally posted by CodyOutlaw
A 6.1 is not exactly tiny, is it.
I'll be keeping an eye on this, because that plant is already so damaged, it wouldn't take much.
The quake struck at 7:48 a.m. CST at a depth of 53.1 km.
Relative to other locations, the quake hit 90 km (55 miles) ESE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan, 139 km (86 miles) SSE of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan, 162 km (100 miles) NE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan, and 458 km (284 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) measured the strength of the earthquake at 6.1 on the Richter scale, considerably stronger than Japan's estimate. The USGS estimated that some 604,000 people may have felt moderate to strong shaking.
Japan raised the nuclear alert level from a four to a five, on par with Three Mile Island. This decision has shocked many nuclear experts who thought it should be higher.
…Our experts think that it’s a level 6.5 already, and it’s on the way to a seven, which was Chernobyl. We were very shocked that they only called it a five.
…2007, after an earthquake at another plant belonging to the same TEPCO power company, radioactivity was leaked. The leak was kept secret, the public only informed days after, too late for any simple precautions like staying indoors.
The Fukushima plant is 40 years old and was supposed to be dismantled, but is kept alive just like many frail reactors all over the world. …
This history is important, because it clearly shows that the nuclear science is not the problem. One cannot honestly discuss the so called “irrational panic” of the public without discussing the fact that safety records have been falsified and problems downplayed routinely. The public’s distrust and fears are mostly rational and justified.