JAPAN

[spence]

This isn't a 3am call...while this is an epic disaster the simple fact that it's "over there" changes the game dramatically for Obama. The US will likely see global economic impact but I'm not sure this will be dramatic.

And it also seems like we're doing about all we can. This isn't one of those situations where you can just throw resources at a problem. It's quite possible that doing the wrong thing could be worse than doing nothing. It does sound like we've sent a lot of expertise already.

Additionally, Japan is a sovereign nation after all...

Let's just hope the remaining 50 can work some magic, from what I hear they're getting a lot of radiation and probably won't be around much longer. My heart goes out to them...

-spence

[Raven]

i was just watching a report on the news service about falsified
reports on the reactors cooling systems for the last decade.

This goes a long way to show why there is such
a big problem to correct.... when the sh1t hits the fan

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Raven

i was just watching a report on the news service about falsified
reports on the reactors cooling systems for the last decade.

Yup, if Tepco is guilty of many violations and not informing the public
in Japan, where the people are very fastidious in what they do,
I wonder what safety violations have occurred in our country.

The new generation reactors are close to zero fallibility. Time to
rebuild our generators built in the 60's and 70's and build more to the new specs.
Keep them away from faults like where Indian Point was built.