Well if they're exposed(no water covering them) they're going to give off radiation regardless if they've melted down or not. They would drop water on them to stop radiation exposure. They're talking about the reactors melting down not the used rods, correct?

so this is how mankind finally enters the age of the megazord...

:rofl: the containment vessel that the reactors are in IS the sarcophagus... the term sarcophagus (that's fancy speak for tomb) came from the chernobyl meltdown. In the chernobyl meltdown there was no containment vessel, so workers had to build one on site after **** had hit the fan. They called it a sarcophagus because the workers tasked with building the containment vessel didn't live very long.

EDIT: who knows how they'll handle whatever it is that's going on with the spent fuel rods in #4, but I doubt they'll pull a soviet style response.

The japs have to admit defeat and seal it all up

Its an easy solution but a hard choice

the way things are going it sounds like they won't have much of a choice? and would that really take care of the problem?

They are a very proud people you see

Half of them didn't want to end ww2 after we nuked them

right
and whats a little radiation anyway?
hiroshima is a huge city again just 70 years after the fact

TEPCO announced the chance for re-criticality is not zero in the spent fuel pools.

The water is flooded with boric acid. If the water is boiling off and the rods are heating back up, there is a chance they could achieve that, especially if they were damaged in the explosion, or removed from their racks or the racks were damaged.

70 years is a ****ing lifetime *******

When I suggested that they might build a sarchophagus I meant that they were going to have to "fill in" the reactor core.

But of course, you already knew that didn't you?

TEPCO webcam of the reactor is back up... and just as I reloaded to make sure, getting a 503.

Anyway, it's here:

TEPCO : •Ÿ“‡‘æˆêŒ´Žq—Í”*“d�Š |

yea I BET U ALREADY KNOW THAT SKIPPERLICIUS

cause u should have telekinetic powers that tell you what somebody means to say without them actually saying it

actually i didn't know that. what do you mean "fill in" the reactor core? how does that work, and what does that have to do with building a sarcophagus?

Official: Spent fuel rods exposed, heightening concerns - CNN.com

**** just got real.

Yeah, I've been trying to get this across to the other smart @sses of the board (other smart @sses besides myself, I mean). Isn't it obvious?

They intend to fill it with the entire world supply of iodine! ;)

keep it up buddy, and fngrbang is going to call upon his god to smash your ****

**** got real a few days ago.

fuuuuuck :|

fngr, can you just pray and have your god take care of this for us plz? the rest of the planet would love you rooooong time

I think **** got real when there was a 9.0 earthquake

we give iodine to humans so that their bodies are so saturated with the stuff that they won't be able to absorb radioactive iodine released into the environment. somehow i doub't they're going to try and "fill in" the core with iodine, it wouldn't do anything. just come out and say it already, you don't have any idea what you're talking about - all the sunday school lessons spent writhing around in itchy woolen pants never prepared you for this.

Currency markets are weird things. The Yen is at record highs vs. the dollar.

:rofl:

****ing idiot alarmists spreading doom and gloom amirite?

My bad. It wasn't my intent to belittle the direct effects of the earthquake and subsequent tsunamis, nor to trivialize prior events at Fukushima Daiichi. If we can believe what has been said prior, the worst case scenario (which it looks like is pretty ****ing imminent) though not as bad as what happened at Chernobyl will still be pretty damn bad. My comment was directed toward those workers who may very well be tasked with a solution that will most certainly result in their death, but potentially save thousands of others.

yea, that's gonna suck for certain people, but i'm sure they'll pick people who are old and compensate their families so well that it will be worth going out as heroes

how have scientists not devised uber-suits that can handle intense radiation yet? don't astronaut suits handle crazy radiation from the sun, etc.?

I think the problem would be in the weight. I mean, you could probably construct a fully lead-lined suit but who could wear it?

Lessee, and add obital, togowhack anna cael to the list.

Maybe wit h a collaborative focused praying effort GOD will listen. :brows:

so the US head nuclear official believes based on his US guys that are in japan that there is no water in the spent fuel pond(s?). hype?

He thinks #4 is dry. They did not put any water in it.

In other news, clear on the webcam, which is either good, or really bad as it indicates that they either put water in the pools, or the pools have run dry.

TEPCO : •Ÿ“‡‘æˆêŒ´Žq—Í”*“d�Š |

ya it looks nice there

i have no idea how much lead you would need to keep lethal doses of radiation out... but i'm sure if you get those olympic powerlifting beasts that can deadlift 1k+ lbs, and give them those exosuits that the marines have that make you 100x stronger... it would be a non-issue

There ya go. Problem solved.

I'm going home now.

The obvious solution is...Gundams. ;)

seriously though, i don't see why people have to give up their lives... there really should be a suit that can handle those levels of radiation by now

so all we need are theoretical exoskeletons lined in lead, worn by Magnus Magnussun

easy enough

everyone should weigh in on this question:

fukushima: hype or not hype?

IAEA released information on the spent fuel pools, these are usually kept between 25-40 C.

Unit 4
14 March, 10:08 UTC: 84 ***730;C
15 March, 10:00 UTC: 84 ***730;C
16 March, 05:00 UTC: no data

Unit 5
14 March, 10:08 UTC: 59.7 ***730;C
15 March, 10:00 UTC: 60.4 ***730;C
16 March, 05:00 UTC: 62.7 ***730;C

Unit 6
14 March, 10:08 UTC: 58.0 ***730;C
15 March, 10:00 UTC: 58.5 ***730;C
16 March, 05:00 UTC: 60.0 ***730;C

none are even close to boiling.

"no data" on #4 speaks volumes.

#5 and #6 have a shared generator that can circulate the water.

no data is closer to freezing than boiling

can you measure the temperature of water that isnt there in an area where you are not allowed to go?