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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:30 AM Original message |
Chernobyl exploded on April 26, 1986. By December of 86, it had been entombed. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is nowhere near as bad... |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. Chernobyl caught fire, and released a shitload of radioactivity into the air during that process |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Nuke Physicists say Fukushima = Chernobyl in slow motion. Chernobyl was one big blast. Fukushima |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. perhaps. Depends how long it takes to shut down the rads |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. TEPCO is saying situation will be under control in 6 to 9 months |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. There are still people dying and in agony from all of that! |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I've been following Chernobyl and the aftermath for a long time. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I was not speaking of the scale, only the aftermath and death. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I understand. Making direct comparisons is actually kinda difficult. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. I don't think that the two can really be compared since one blew up and out |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Lots of people over a thousand miles from Chernobyl got cancer as a result. Is Japan even 1000 miles |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. Fukushima is actually... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. 2? I thought they found 11 in the nuke plant. |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Only ever heard of 2. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Well maybe I have more up to date information. I believe F-U-shima is 11 dead. |
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ChibaResident (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Is there any reason to disparage the name of the region? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. yeah yeah yeah |
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ChibaResident (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. classy. nt |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. you're reading a little too much into it. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Fukushima is expected to leak radiation much, much longer than Chernobyl. |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Perhaps... |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Go to Fairewinds.com. Gunderson paints a pretty bleak picture of the task ahead for TEPCO. |
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ChibaResident (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I believe, but can't say for sure, that those 2 fatalities occurred during the tsunami. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
12. Does it really matter which one was worst? Wait until the nukes in India and Iran encounter problems |
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