Are You Ready For A Mass Extinction Event?

[ardo]

During a recent Congressional delegation trip to Japan, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden witnessed with his own eyes the horrific aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The damage situation was apparently so severe, according to his account, that he has now written a letter to Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan...

The letter... while referencing the fact that all four of the affected reactors are still "badly damaged," ...seems to hint that Reactor 4, which has reportedly been on the verge of collapse for many months now, could be nearing catastrophic implosion.

http://www.infowars.com/fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready-for-a-mass-extinction-event/

Seismicity standards rate the building at a zero, meaning even a small earthquake could send it into a heap of rubble. And sitting at the top of the building, in a pool that is cracked, leaking, and precarious even without an earthquake, are 1565 fuel rods (give or take a few), some of them “fresh fuel” that was ready to go into the reactor on the morning of March 11th when the earthquake and tsunami hit.

If they are MOX fuel, containing 6% plutonium, one fuel rod has the potential to kill 2.89 billion people. If this pool collapses, as Senator Wyden is now saying, we would face a mass extinction event from the release of radiation in those rods.

http://www.maxkeiseronfacebook.com/fukushima-is-falling-apart.html

 

[EzikialRage]

This is why I am against nuclear energy. The worst case scenario does not make it worth it.I could be wrong but at least if a coal power plant explodes there might be some pollution but there are no fuel rods to worry about, the pollution is short term and the land to does not become uninhabitable for humans for several hundred years or more.

 

[CCDK]

Anyone mocking the doomsday 2012 frenzy now? - Then again, history has proven again and again that mankind has been a breath away from Doom from the time it took its first steps. That may not be cool but when you look at the big picture we have already left some big footprints that will last a few 1000 years and that is pretty impressive for such a young species - what other species will have left prints that large behind on a planet?. So we might not see what is out side our solar system with our own eyes but hey we had fun didnt we? - Some of us anyway....

:cheer:

 

[hampa6]

Reality check:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/info/index-e.html

1) We measured the distance between the water surface of the spent fuel pool and the floor surface of the building, and confirmed that the building has not tilted.
2) Our analyses show that the building, including the spent fuel pool, will not collapse even if an earthquake equivalent (seismic intensity 6) to the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake occurs in the area.
3) In addition, we have improved the seismic safety margin by 20% by reinforcing the bottom of the spent fuel pool. [Note: this was done in 2011]
4) We will regularly check the reactor building and the spent fuel pool four times per year to confirm their soundness.

I know, some of you will say you have zero trust in Tepco, but fact of the matter is that they are there and have the best insight into the status of Building 4. Independent commentators aren't there, they can only speculate over the situation. Also note that Tepco recently started work on a covering structure over building 4, which will include a special crane to remove the fuel rods. Reactor 3 will also be covered, Reactor 1 was covered in 2011.

 

[sapientiam]

During a recent Congressional delegation trip to Japan, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden witnessed with his own eyes the horrific aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. The damage situation was apparently so severe, according to his account, that he has now written a letter to Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan...

The letter... while referencing the fact that all four of the affected reactors are still "badly damaged," ...seems to hint that Reactor 4, which has reportedly been on the verge of collapse for many months now, could be nearing catastrophic implosion.

http://www.infowars.com/fukushima-is-falling-apart-are-you-ready-for-a-mass-extinction-event/

Seismicity standards rate the building at a zero, meaning even a small earthquake could send it into a heap of rubble. And sitting at the top of the building, in a pool that is cracked, leaking, and precarious even without an earthquake, are 1565 fuel rods (give or take a few), some of them “fresh fuel” that was ready to go into the reactor on the morning of March 11th when the earthquake and tsunami hit.

If they are MOX fuel, containing 6% plutonium, one fuel rod has the potential to kill 2.89 billion people. If this pool collapses, as Senator Wyden is now saying, we would face a mass extinction event from the release of radiation in those rods.

http://www.maxkeiseronfacebook.com/fukushima-is-falling-apart.html

I'm not convinced that a single power plant can trigger events so severe to be classified as "extinction event", yeah it got nasty aftermath but even the worst of the worst I might still believe that it is quite logical that the leaking radiation could spread worldwide, even that would still need a perfectly blowing wind to spread the whole radiation worldwide, even Chernobyl has its multi tiered danger zone from "Lethal" to merely possible contamination. Big shit? yes, instant extinction? hell no. In my opinion, although perhaps a badly contaminated world will do ended up with an extinction event but heck! piling up electronic wastes and burning coals will eventually "has the potential" to do the job as well, it's just the matter of "that one does it faster n better"

it said that a single rod HAS THE POTENTIAL to kill 2.89 billion people, but it does not explain what is needed for that "POTENTIAL" to come to realization. if it is enough to kill 2.89 billion people that touches it then you might as well try to start making 2.89 billion people queuing to touch that rod to get the extinction event goin. talking about potential i think falling knives on your kitchen has equally same potential to kill you than those rods do.

:evil:

 

[Aqua2213]

Nukes... Schmukes we don't need 'em.
We need millions of these to power our nations...

Good clean power. They would solve the worlds unemployment problems.
They would tackle obesity head on.
Have a small can of oil for squeeks and your good to go!


Shunsuke Matsakowa shows off to fellow workers as he reels in a trophy sized 12 headed purple Sea Bass...

 

[MizugiLove]

This is complete and utter bullshit! Don't trust a single thing published on "infowars.com"! All it is just a bunch of conspiracist fear mongering bullshit!

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation recently stated that the health and environmental impact would be low.

The National Academy of Sciences recently published a report stating that the radionuclides emitted by the Fukushima accident are even below those of naturally occurring radionuclides.

The World Health Organization has declared that the Fukushima accident poses no risk to anyone outside of Japan.

And there have been precisely 0 reported fatalities as a result of exposure to radiation from this accident.

The only reason there are so many people who are afraid is because many people are ignorant of the science of atomic radiation. We are exposed to natural levels of background radiation every day, and nuclear power plants contributes very little to those background levels. In fact if coal and gas had their radiation emissions set to the standards that nuclear power plants face, they would all need to be shut down.

 

[omankohageshiku]

Anyone mocking the doomsday 2012 frenzy now? - Then again, history has proven again and again that mankind has been a breath away from Doom from the time it took its first steps. That may not be cool but when you look at the big picture we have already left some big footprints that will last a few 1000 years and that is pretty impressive for such a young species - what other species will have left prints that large behind on a planet?. So we might not see what is out side our solar system with our own eyes but hey we had fun didnt we? - Some of us anyway....

:cheer:

Now in Sunday we experienced another World`s End when Super Moon was up in the sky. I saw it, it was beautiful.
During my lifetime, there has been about 1500 World`s End days and years announced.
I understand very well that situation in Fukushima is no joke, but i don`t believe in World`s Endings before i see one.
Same goes for gods and other by human imagined false entities.

 

[ardo]

Don't trust a single thing published on "infowars.com"

Infowars did not source this story out of thin air:

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki...

http://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/pr...tion-wyden-says-situation-worse-than-reported

Wyden visited Fukushima on April 6, 2012 while on a Congressional delegation trip to the region. He and a staff member wore radiation suits as they toured the facility... Wyden found that the facilities designed to house spent nuclear fuel and the reactors themselves were still in a state of disrepair and located in areas that would make them susceptible to further damage from future seismic events. The reactor buildings still contain large amounts of spent fuel – making them a huge safety risk and the only protection from a future tsunami, Wyden observed, is a small, makeshift sea wall erected out of bags of rock.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f9mdgy0CPE

 

[Rollyco]

Infowars is full of half-baked truths and wild speculations. Mass extinction event, my arse.

 

[ardo]

Doomsday scenarios spread about No. 4 reactor...

In its April 17 edition, the Wall Street Journal ran a story that included [Sen.] Wyden’s claim that there was a serious and unresolved understatement of the earthquake risk at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

The Huffington Post carried a report that included an analysis by an expert who said that if radiation spewed from nuclear fuel in the No. 4 reactor pool because of insufficient cooling, the total amount of cesium-137 emitted would be at least 10 times the amount released during the Chernobyl disaster.

The Washington Post also ran an article about the dangers of the No. 4 reactor.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201205100051

Alarms about the No. 4 reactor were also being raised in Japan.

Mitsuhei Murata, 74, a professor emeritus at Tokaigakuen University who once served as Japan's ambassador to Switzerland, said, "The existence of the No. 4 reactor has become a major national security issue for the entire world that does not take a back seat even to North Korea's missile issue."

"If an accident should occur at the No. 4 reactor, it could be called the start of the ultimate catastrophe for the world," Murata said as a witness at an Upper House Budget Committee hearing in March.

"If the storage pool should collapse and the 1,535 fuel rods began burning in the atmosphere, an endless amount of radiation would be emitted. Of course, that would mean that Tokyo would become unlivable," he said.

Murata continued: "Just 50 meters from the No. 4 reactor is the common pool for the No. 1 to No. 6 reactors. The common pool holds 6,375 spent nuclear fuel rods. If a fire should occur at the No. 4 reactor pool, the common pool would also not stand a chance."

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Arnie Gundersen, a U.S. nuclear engineer who visited Japan in February, has raised other concerns.

In an interview with Shukan Asahi at that time, Gundersen said the nuclear fuel pool at the No. 4 reactor still has the power to physically split the Japanese archipelago.

He said the spent nuclear fuel in the No. 4 reactor pool is equivalent to several reactor cores and contains radiation equal to the amount released in the atmosphere by all past nuclear experiments.

Gundersen has also written that the No. 4 reactor building's structure has weakened, the building is tilted, and that he has advised friends in Tokyo to immediately evacuate should the No. 4 reactor collapse.