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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:35 AM Original message |
People....people, people please. Listen. There will be no atomic explosion. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm guilty of underestimating the scope of this situation as well. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I can no longer support nuclear energy after this accident. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. thank you |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yeah |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The reactor design at Fukushima is terrible. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Hind sight is always 20 / 20. All designs are dangerous according to |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. There is a nuclear power plant near where I live that is built the same way. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. I'll check back with you once the cancers start appearing next year... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. It would still lead to a massive release of additional radiation, however... |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. Reassured is something I don't feel, fwiw. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Do you believe that 2+2=4? |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. A nuclear explosion would require an entirely different mechanism |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. Actually |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes, radioactive contamination may be worse. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. There is No Maybe |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I'm talking relative. I'm not denying Chernobyl was worse. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. You know that |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Thread |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Hardly surprising... |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. OK, I remember your post from a few weeks ago 'let's talk about nuclear reactors' |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The difference between an excursion and a detonation is significant. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Is this the one: "We need to have a serious discussion on nuclear reactors" |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's "unlikely" but possible for a small nuclear detonation equivalent to a tactical nuke |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Dude, you're still wrong no matter how many times you post that. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. A "nuclear transient" which releases as much energy as a small tactical nuke is a nuclear explosion. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. "Small tactical nuke" - .01 kilotons? Yeah that's 10 tons of TNT. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That's why they're called "mini-nukes" or "small tactical nukes" |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Mini-nukes are nuclear explosions. A power excursion is not. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The public understands the difference twixt thermonuclear bombs and China Syndrome Dirty Bombs |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. I used to think that. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. A fuel-air explosion isn't always intentional - but it's still an explosion |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. There was no nuclear explosion at Chernobyl |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. No there wasn't. There was NO nuclear detonation at Chernobyl. |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
22. Now now... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. You don't seen to realize it but the "hysteria" line is totally worn out. |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Oh... |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. When white hot matter hits ground water, as it will do if left unchecked.... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
28. Keep lowering the bar.. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. There's a another thread claiming there may already have been an 'atomic explosion' |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. alex jones is a halfwit. nt |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Hey, Aggie |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I have no idea why you're calling me 'Aggie' |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Hydrogen explosions have already happened |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
32. This catastrophe has really brought out the kooks. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. Odin dost spake the truth! nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Thanks! I find it unseemly to the victims the amount of BS pouring out from this. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
61. It's the people in Fukushima and, to a lesser extent, northern Ibaraki |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
34. So it could be a dirty bomb- which would spread radiation. |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
36. So are there any computer-simulated models of what would happen |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
37. perhaps you are still wildly inaccurate |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. +1 |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. There will be a garden variety explosion... |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
49. You are moving the bar, but it's not convincing |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Plus, you still haven't reformed using the bait of "atomic exposions" and "mushroom clouds" |
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ikri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. That would probably be |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The 9/11 forum? |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. It would be more like a volcanic effect, IMO. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. Good to see people owning up |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. VERY Small scale may have already happened |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
56. Uh..... |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
58. "But this was not due to a technical misunderstanding"... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. I was able to make some fairly accurate assessments... |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Do you have links for the recriticalities? |
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