Nuclear Power in Japan

[rukusho]

Edit (3/15/2011 10:09): Updated with information regarding Daiichi Unit's 3,4 and 5. Along with some radiation information.
Edit (3/15/2011 00:30): Updated with information regarding Daiichi Unit 4 and Unit 2. Also regarding the units at Daini.
Edit (3/14/2011 15:09): Updated with more information on Unit 2
Edit (3/14/2011 12:09): Updated wording

Comments

[white_laurel]

Thank you for this. I have no words to describe how much I love you for this journal entry.

Not because it eases my mind... Because I know very well how RIDICULOUS news coverage has been, especially outside of Japan... But for confirming what I suspected before with a more knowledgeable background to support you, and for satisfying my curiosity. And just... For setting the story straight. :'D Respect.

[rukusho]

I really wanted to get this out a few days ago - but alas, more immediate things got in the way www.

I was telling one of my friends that the media doesn't realize what type of nuclear engineers my generation is composed of. We're not going to just lay down and take all the misrepresentation and bad reporting - we have too much at stake. All of the information is still very preliminary, but this seems to be the sequence of events that have occurred so far.

Also - the reactors that are proving to be a large problem were all built in the early 1970s, so they're fairly old. It really is phenomenal how well they've held up.

[rukusho]

Also, feel free to link people to this. I made it a public entry.

[white_laurel]

Yeah, when I'm not reading about how all of the islands of Japan are about to spontaneously combust, I'm reading about the protesters in Europe and everywhere else against nuclear energy right now. I'm not too knowledgeable on the subject, but it does seem unfair, the judgment that's being passed based on fear right now rather than anything else.

Anyway, I'll link some people to this entry. I think it's very informative.

The more I read about the goings-on at the nuclear plants, the more I wish I had you on a permanent phone line right now so I could drill you with questions. ;) The number of questions I have right now is astounding, but I'm sure a lot of them are very ignorant.

I'm looking forward to your edits. Have you read the latest about the third explosion at Daiichi Unit 2 (I believe)?

[jml139]

ilusfm. &hearts

[melodybutterfly]

Thank you so much for this! ♥

[rainseraphim]

This is super informative; if it's okay I'd like to link people on my Facebook to it because I have a lot of friends there who are in Japan or know people there or are just freaking out about the whole situation and it would be really awesome if they could see this, even if just to get a better understanding of the situation. Thanks so much for your time!

[rukusho]

Yeah, that's fine. It is very important to stress that this is still a fast changing situation - if the edits to this entry are any indication of that. As I mentioned to

[mscongeniality]

This is exactly in line with what I've seen in the few credible articles I've been able to find on the situation. Sadly, the signal to noise ratio on this is really pretty terrible. I'm going to repost a link to this just to get more common sense out there.

Thank you for writing this up for us!

[rukusho]

Yeah - the coverage of this is something terrible. My parents are finally starting to realize why I've been upset and glued to my computer for the past 5 days (AND IM SUPPOSED TO BE ON SPRING BREAK!)

I mentioned this to a few friends, but I'm not sure the main stream media realizes just how much backlash they could receive from all the bad press. My generation of nuclear engineers is very different from TMI and Chernobyl's generation. We aren't going to take this lying down - we've got too much at stake, and have already seen just how delicate this industry is. >D We're not going down without a fight.