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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:21 PM Original message |
Japan to raise nuke accident severity level to 7 (The highest) |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I suspect the Japanese may have been trying to save face... |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You are right but may be the have just began to be more honest |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Possibly because the situation is much worse than even they thought. |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Maybe because they can't hide the fact that the plant went tits up, and there's no fixing it. |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. At what point |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Japan will brief the G 20 on the nuclear accident according to their finance minister |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. News coverage seems to imply that danger is over. ??? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. What news coverage might that be? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. exactly! radiation story faded quickly. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I don't know about the domestic infotainment channels, but |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. It was when the story dropped off the radar screen that I started getting really worried. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. reports also seem to be saying it's far from over...the media is on to shinier objects |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Chief secretary Edano says the announcement is coming soon |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. I believe that at least one melt down is in progress. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Breaking: Japanese government has officially raised severity of plant accident to level 7 |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Japanese government: Situation is not same as Chernobyl |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. News conference going on: Amount of radiation released is 10% of Chernobyl |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The guy is trying to undermine the seriousness of this accident by comparing it to Chernobyl |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. And from April 11th, Adm. Robert Willard, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The amount of BS coming out of officials has been unbelievable |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. At least with the GOM mess, they could try to hide the damage but there were eyes |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Yah, it's 10% BUT Tepco is still ESTIMATING, BUT it might even exceed Chernobyl amount. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. They were telling us for weeks that this would be no Chernobyl. Some nuclear physicists said they |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. So did people on DU. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. Kick back to top n/t |
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