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Actually the article says "experiencing the threat of a meltdown", which is a very different thing.

by owyn 16y ago

maxharris 16y ago
I pasted in the original headline directly from the article. They've (nikkei.com) updated it since. I'm glad that this is the case, rather than having the headline get even worse.
- owyn 16y ago
  Ah, that makes sense... now, is it a conspiracy OR a coverup?! :) I too am glad that things seem to be getting better not worse. Cringely has an interesting take on it: http://www.cringely.com/2011/03/flea-powder-may-be-saving-lives-in-japan http://www.cringely.com/2011/03/flea-powder-may-be-saving-li...
  - rdl 16y ago
    Japan's nuclear industry actually has had a fair number of releases of radioactivity over the past few decades, not all of which were immediately or fully disclosed. A lot were related to reprocessing, not reactors themselves.
  - neutronicus 16y ago
    Cringely seems to think that the Japanese are big enough idiots not to keep boron near a nuclear reactor. I doubt this. He also seems to think that water with some boron in it is "exotic".
fungi 16y ago
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77025.html http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77025.html The core at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor may be partially melting, the nuclear safety agency said Saturday. Radioactive substance cesium was detected around the reactor, it said. edit: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html this seems to be the best primary source. while personally i'm opposed to nuclear power, i'm really commend tokyo electric on their relative transparency. compared to what we get from ansto in australia im floored by the clarity and timeliness of the info we are getting. (i imagine it would take years of foi's and senate inquiries to extract this kind of data from ansto). but im just an anonymous armchair observer, take my word for what its worth.

Actually the article says "experiencing the threat of a meltdown", which is a very different thing.

by owyn 16y ago

Actually the article says "experiencing the threat of a meltdown", which is a very different thing.

I pasted in the original headline directly from the article. They've (nikkei.com) updated it since. I'm glad that this is the case, rather than having the headline get even worse.

owyn 16y ago
Ah, that makes sense... now, is it a conspiracy OR a coverup?! :) I too am glad that things seem to be getting better not worse. Cringely has an interesting take on it: http://www.cringely.com/2011/03/flea-powder-may-be-saving-lives-in-japan http://www.cringely.com/2011/03/flea-powder-may-be-saving-li...
- rdl 16y ago
  Japan's nuclear industry actually has had a fair number of releases of radioactivity over the past few decades, not all of which were immediately or fully disclosed. A lot were related to reprocessing, not reactors themselves.
- neutronicus 16y ago
  Cringely seems to think that the Japanese are big enough idiots not to keep boron near a nuclear reactor. I doubt this. He also seems to think that water with some boron in it is "exotic".

fungi 16y ago

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77025.html http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/77025.html The core at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor may be partially melting, the nuclear safety agency said Saturday. Radioactive substance cesium was detected around the reactor, it said. edit: http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html this seems to be the best primary source. while personally i'm opposed to nuclear power, i'm really commend tokyo electric on their relative transparency. compared to what we get from ansto in australia im floored by the clarity and timeliness of the info we are getting. (i imagine it would take years of foi's and senate inquiries to extract this kind of data from ansto). but im just an anonymous armchair observer, take my word for what its worth.