Quake Rocks Japan

[smeags]

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229300990

blatant errors regarding physics and natural law, as well as gross misinterpretation of facts

yep, sounds like today's media for sure.

[Eagles_Legendz]

Thank god I missed all of this.

I actually think that this has the potential to be nuclear power's shining moment. Major explosions at multiple power plants after one of the biggest combination natural disasters in recorded history and no major leaks or threats to the population? That would have been unthinkable even 20 years ago and is a pretty amazing achievement.

I've done a little reading on nuclear power because it's one of those things that I go back and forth about. As this whole thing illustrates, the issue these days is far less about major accidents and much more about the by-products of the process. People are actively working on solutions to nuclear waste problem, and there are some pretty cool options but I've never understood why we don't just launch the shtein into space. Bye bye, waste. Hello angry alien invasions.

Agree with most of this.

People dismissing the benefits to nuclear energy out of hand because of this are short sighted.

[mpmcgraw]

I agree with rjs. 

[Sgt PSN]

Tragedy over, cute puppies survived.

[Rome]

Considering rockets never blow up, launching them into space loaded with the deadliest substances ever created is an excellent idea.

And by the way... this can't be good news, can it?  Or maybe the French are wrong here:

Incident now rated a "6" on a 1-7 scale.

[SD]

Thank god I missed all of this.

I actually think that this has the potential to be nuclear power's shining moment. Major explosions at multiple power plants after one of the biggest combination natural disasters in recorded history and no major leaks or threats to the population? That would have been unthinkable even 20 years ago and is a pretty amazing achievement.

I've done a little reading on nuclear power because it's one of those things that I go back and forth about. As this whole thing illustrates, the issue these days is far less about major accidents and much more about the by-products of the process. People are actively working on solutions to nuclear waste problem, and there are some pretty cool options but I've never understood why we don't just launch the shtein into space. Bye bye, waste. Hello angry alien invasions.

Agree with most of this.

People dismissing the benefits to nuclear energy out of hand because of this are short sighted.

Damn straight. And I give Russell a lot credit for that post

People die in car accidents every day. I guess we should ban them too. There are safer alternatives like walking, riding a bike and mass transit.

[Munson]

Yeah except a car accident might kill a few people, injure a few others, and be cleaned up and over with in a few hours.



A worst case scenario meltdown can leave entire places of the earth uninhabitable, and spread poison over hundreds of more miles.


I think one's just a little bit different than the other.

[Diomedes]

Fire again at reactor 4.

[Don Ho]

I'm going back into my bunker.

[Tomahawk]

Blah

Save the Nukes!!

...but I've never understood why we don't just launch the shtein into space. Bye bye, waste. Hello angry alien invasions.

Instead of just space, why not launch the waste into the sun? Find out what the fusion process thinks of spent fission fuel

[rjs246]

Damn straight. And I give Russell a lot credit for that post

I will not say thank you for this backhanded compliment. I'm really not the environmental quack that you think I am. I used to be a doubter, denier, mocker just like you. But I also read. A lot. And there just isn't any way to reconcile the science with the idea that humans aren't involved with what's happening to the planet.

That said, global warming totally caused the tsunami. Totally. Literally.

Blah

Save the Nukes!!

...but I've never understood why we don't just launch the shtein into space. Bye bye, waste. Hello angry alien invasions.

Instead of just space, why not launch the waste into the sun? Find out what the fusion process thinks of spent fission fuel

Outstanding idea and textbook use of the quote function. Solid work all around.

[Diomedes]

Are you guys keeping up with this?

The situation is dire.

There are legends being made, heroic men and women exposing themselves to death by radiation poisoning, because it is literally them, or no one keeping these things at bay.  And they really might not succeed.

This shtein isn't a sure deal to all work out in the end.

[rjs246]

CNN.com barely counts as news.

Having said that I'm not saying that this IS a great moment for nuclear power. But if things turn out to be a non issue it will be a huge deal.

[mpmcgraw]

CNN.com barely counts as news.

Having said that I'm not saying that this IS a great moment for nuclear power. But if things turn out to be a non issue it will be a huge deal.

Agreed.

[Diomedes]

I'm not getting any of this from CNN. 

I posted after reading these articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/world/asia/16nuclear.html?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/world/asia/16workers.html