8.9 Earthquake hits Japan

[EpyonXero]

Crazy tsunami video

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by EpyonXero

Crazy tsunami video

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12725646

thats some crazy devastation there, cars and boats being tossed like its nothing.

[OneSickPsycho]

Most impressive video yet IMO... all the others it just looks like a gradual wash that grows into a torrent... this really shows how quickly it went from fucked, to beyond totally fucked.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Most impressive video yet IMO... all the others it just looks like a gradual wash that grows into a torrent... this really shows how quickly it went from fucked, to beyond totally fucked.

yeah, in par tof that vid you can see cars driving in the background, poor bastards prolly had no idea what was about to hit them.

[tallywacker]

Another fire at No.4 reactor

Tokyo Electric Power Company said early on Wednesday that a fire had broken out at one of the reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The same building was the scene of a fire the day before.

The utility says a worker spotted flames at around 5:45 AM near the northwestern corner of the building that houses the No. 4 reactor.

It says, however, that the flames could not be confirmed half an hour later from several dozen meters away.

The fire broke out at around the same spot in the building as Tuesday's fire, where an instrument that adjusts the speed of a pump sending water to the reactor is located.

The company says workers cannot get any closer to the spot because the radiation level is higher there.

It says Tuesday's fire went out on its own, and that its cause is unclear.

The No. 4 Reactor was undergoing checks at the time of the quake, and was not operating. But the utility company has been having trouble cooling down a storage pool for spent nuclear fuel rods inside the building.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:12 +0900 (JST)

Far from an under control situation.

[tallywacker]

Fuel rods further damaged at Fukushima Daiichi

At the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, it is feared that the fuel rods in two of its reactors are being rapidly damaged as they remain exposed due to the failed injection of coolant.

Tokyo Electric Power has estimated the extent of small holes or cracks in the fuel rods, based on the amount of radioactive material in the coolant.

It says 43 percent of the fuel rods in the No.1 reactor were possibly damaged at 1 PM on Tuesday, but the ratio had increased to 70 percent by 3:25 PM.
At the No.2 reactor, the ratio rose to 33 percent from 14.

In both reactors, the coolant levels are low, exposing the fuel rods. Sea water is being pumped into the reactors to cool them down, but the coolant level remains low, creating the risk of a meltdown.
Damaged fuel rods would leak radioactive material.

The pressure inside the reactors is sinking and Tokyo Electric Power is monitoring the data carefully while continuing to pump more sea water.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 08:00 +0900 (JST)

This isn't good either

[tallywacker]

All workers have been evacuated besides critical staff.

[tallywacker]

ALL operators have now been ordered to leave. Looks like they are just going to let the reactors go because there is nothing left.

Japan has asked for all help from US military forces.

[Gas Man]

What we going to do to it? Blow it up?

[tallywacker]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

What we going to do to it? Blow it up?

Right now two reactors are critical and one is believed to be leaking. 1000mSv of radiation have been detected. Which is enough for radiation poisoning and fatal.