Re: 8.9 earth quake + tsunami in Japan
 

Re: 8.9 earth quake + tsunami in Japan
 

From everything I've seen, the Japanese have handled this crisis extremely well. Most people who have homes are just staying there, not out trying to horde food or anything. People aren't looting.

I can't imagine if something like that were to happen here, especially in a larger city. It would be chaos.

Re: 8.9 earth quake + tsunami in Japan
 

One thing to keep in mind as this progresses is that this is not a nuclear disaster, it is a natural one. One of the six largest earthquakes in history hit this structure followed by a tsunami and aftershocks. It's shocking that the entire area isn't GLOWING by now, much less that they've been able to handle everything as well as they have.

Some lessons learned: Keep the generators on the ground level, and have solar back-up to run the cooling system. Triple redundancy. If the plant had electricity this never would have happened. Also, I think keeping spent fuel on site should be re-examined.

Re: 8.9 earth quake + tsunami in Japan
 

Discussions in the Netherlands (and the rest of Europe?) have started. They want to build more nuclear plants here, but now most people are not too certain about it.

I've read that a vulcanic eruption in Greenland can cause a tsunami here in the Netherlands.

Also, people here are suddenly buying emergency stock and kits (or whatever it's called). Takes a disaster to be prepared for one?

Re: 8.9 earth quake + tsunami in Japan
 

Personally, I think the lesson learned should be "Find a different type of energy that won't possibly devastate your local (or any far away) area. I'm just not a fan of Nuclear power for reasons like this. Sure, they're safe when they're working - but when they fail - they fail magnificently. It just added an un-needed disaster to this already terrible disaster. It's like those pimp my ride memes. "Yo dog, we heard you like disasters, so we put a disaster in your disaster so you can panic while you suffer."


Some people here have been doing that, too. Granted, Vancouver is overdue for an earthquake on par, or worse than what hit Japan (Science forbid). I have a hard time watching BBC with all the Japan coverage without working myself into a worried fit of "That's going to fucking happen here."

Re: 8.9 earth quake + tsunami in Japan
 

This article has raised for me some important questions regarding the nuclear power industry.

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=23764