Japan March 11th Earthquake

[Shaedys]

Ohh yes, in a rush I just read off wikipedia.

From a later paper, which people in this thread might be interested in:
http://www.uitkramen.nl/blog/2011/03/wat-er-werkelijk-gebeurde-in-de-centrale-van-fukushima/
The article is in English.

 

[kenandkids]

From scienceblogs Starts With A Bang

Nuclear Power: Fiction, Fear, and Facts
Posted on: March 21, 2011 8:40 PM, by Ethan Siegel

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/03/nuclear_power_fiction_fear_and.php?utm_source=selectfeed&utm_medium=rss

So, each daily dose for an "average" person very close to Fukushima is just 3.5 microSieverts, or less than what the "average" person in the middle of nowhere receives on a daily basis.
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...note that Three-Mile Island, the previous record-holder for second-worst nuclear disaster in history, was less bad for the worst person experiencing it than getting a mammogram is. And the worst dose anyone near Fukushima received is just 0.0036 Sieverts, or an amount you'd have to receive every single day to have anything to worry about.

 

[MineMineMine]

as of now, i'm really confused what's actually going on at fukushima.
I read three different newspapers and they all kind of say more or less contradicting stuff. So does anyone have a reliable source on how the reactor saving actions are going?

 

[Andiferous]

Studies have revealed margarine to be carcinogeous as well. It's kinda silly to think that radioactive vibes will cross the pacific and contaminate North Americans when we're subjected to much greater radiation on a regular basis (think xrays, MRIs, Cancer treatments, etc) and not to mention radiation from our natural geography. Fearmongering is distracting from the real situation - which is the actual Japanese disaster... imo. There are a lot worse things out there in our society than a bitty bit of radiation.

 

[Caractacus]

*+sigh