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8.9 magnitude earthquake hits the coast of Japan, causing 10-meter tsunami waves
Nodaisho:
I saw a map of the fallout potential in event of a meltdown. Had southern Alaska, BC, parts of other provinces, and the western half of the US in the projected area hit by 750 rads. Good news (really good news considering that 750 rads means 90-100% fatalities of untreated and 50-100% fatalities of treated) is that it's bullshit. Up above a thousand rads is "literally using a shovel to get radioactive molten slag back into the reactor" exposure, 600+ rads is "Sitting in the control room 20 yards from the reactor attempting to do damage control" levels. Just in case anyone else sees that map and gets scared by it.
David_Dovey:
I'm glad I read this thread this morning because the CBC is reporting all of that scary stuff completely unmoderated.
The Seldom Killer:
News outlet in sensationalist shite shocker. I am infinitely glad for the fairly moderate and balance voice of the BBC news service.
Also - quite an important difference in terms to distinguish here in the news reports.
Evacuation Zone - an area around an incident from which people will be evacuated. This is a safe distance to which people need to be moved to safeguard them from harm from the incident.
Exclusion Zone - An area around an incident from which people will be prevented from entering. This is usually a measure put in place to prevent crowding in an area where safety measures are being executed and is largely designed to prevent services and and authorities being hampered by news crews, concerned civillians and other commercial activity.
McTaggart:
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 12 Mar 2011, 03:20 ---I saw a map of the fallout potential in event of a meltdown. Had southern Alaska, BC, parts of other provinces, and the western half of the US in the projected area hit by 750 rads. Good news (really good news considering that 750 rads means 90-100% fatalities of untreated and 50-100% fatalities of treated) is that it's bullshit. Up above a thousand rads is "literally using a shovel to get radioactive molten slag back into the reactor" exposure, 600+ rads is "Sitting in the control room 20 yards from the reactor attempting to do damage control" levels. Just in case anyone else sees that map and gets scared by it.
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Yeah I saw that too. What tipped me off about it being bullshit was that it was allegedly issued by the 'Australian Radiation Services' or something, which is a private company that sells radiation safety stuff and not the sort of organisation that would issue a map like that ever, let alone at 6 on a Saturday arvo.
Caleb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_6iDBoOvb0
God. It just picks the cars up and carries them away.
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