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« on: July 16, 2007, 09:04:24 AM »

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Strong quake rocks Japan, nuclear plant

By KOJI SASAHARA, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A strong earthquake struck northwestern Japan on Monday, causing a fire and minor radioactive water leak at one of the world's most powerful nuclear power plants and turning buildings into piles of lumber. At least seven people were killed and hundreds injured.

The quake, which left fissures 3 feet wide in the ground along the coast, hit shortly after 10 a.m. local time and was centered off Niigata state. Buildings swayed 160 miles away in Tokyo. Sirens wailed in Kashiwazaki, a city of about 90,000, which appeared to be hardest hit.

Japan's Meteorological Agency measured the quake at a 6.8 magnitude and said a 6.6 magnitude quake was among the aftershocks. The U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors quakes around the world, said the initial quake registered 6.7.

The plant leaked about a half-gallon of water in the building housing one of the reactors, said Katsuya Uchino, another Tokyo Electric official.

Uchino said the water contained a tiny amount of radioactive material — a billionth of the guideline under Japanese law — and is believed to have flushed into the Sea of Japan. A company statement said the leak had stopped and that there had been no "significant change" in the seawater under surveillance and no effect on the environment.

The reactor automatically shut down at the time of the leak, the report said. The quake triggered a fire at an electrical transformer at the plant, but plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said earlier in the day that the reactor was not damaged.

Japan sits atop four tectonic plates and is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. The last major quake to hit the capital, Tokyo, killed some 142,000 people in 1923, and experts say the capital has a 90 percent chance of suffering a major quake in the next 50 years.

In October 2004, a magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit Niigata, killing 40 people and damaging more than 6,000 homes. It was the deadliest to hit Japan since 1995, when a magnitude-7.2 quake killed 6,433 people in the western city of Kobe.

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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2007, 10:36:21 AM »

 It could have been a lot worse w/ that kind of population. I hope they pull through this in good shape.

This raises the question of the reasoning behind building a nuclear plant on such an earthquake prone area.
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2007, 11:03:22 AM »

yeh that's what i was thinking when i read this...omg that could be a worldwide disaster...  shocked
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2007, 11:15:59 AM »

The plant leaked about a half-gallon of water in the building housing one of the reactors

Uchino said the water contained a tiny amount of radioactive material — a billionth of the guideline under Japanese law — and is believed to have flushed into the Sea of Japan.

If it was only half a gallon...why wasn't it cleaned up.???
And if it got flushed into the sea of Japan.....they beleive...but apparently don't know for sure......then how do they know that it only contained a "tiny amount of radioactive material ".....and assuming that both of those statements are true.....why are they monitering the sea water......something just isn't adding up here... oh so nerdly!
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2007, 11:34:01 AM »

i would say they know it's a half gallon because they monitor all coolant levels. they also know the amount of radioactivity released from a) the location of the leak and b) monitorin equipment in and around the plant.
the fact that the seawater is monitored is probably also a matter of course. i take it they use seawater to cool their heat exchangers snd therforemonitor it to catch any leakage of radiation.
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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2007, 03:00:06 PM »

Hey I dont post here really but I come here like everyday just to see what news you guys post becuase its normally interesting stuff -.-
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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2007, 03:24:00 PM »

Now cnn has it listed as 315 gallons....gee...we might be getting closer to the truth...lol Wink
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« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2007, 03:31:47 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2007, 07:05:58 PM »

Now cnn has it listed as 315 gallons....gee...we might be getting closer to the truth...lol Wink
Yeah, really, as res said, they most likely cool the reactor w/ sea water. I know they do here for Davis Besse.

If coolant did leak that bad, it will soon be evident in the dead sea creatures, and Im sure this will get circulated into the drinking water.They need to come clean now! Tdawn may be right after all, this could end up effecting millions.

They always try to hide these things.

The sickness will soon surface if this is true, then they won't be able to hide it anymore. They stated it took roughly three hours to put the fire out, that means, whatever was leaking , did so for a minimum of that time. I'm sure the plant was evacuated at the time of the issue, so there would be no-one there but the system to monitor itself, and we all know how computers only are able to control what there sensors tell them. In times like a disaster, anything could happen.
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« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2007, 09:43:00 PM »

WOW. Sad news. Hope all ends well.
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