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nadinbrzezinski

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17. Just to be clear, there is no way in this god's green earth

Sun Aug 5, 2012, 12:27 PM

Aug 2012

that Fuku will produce a mushroom cloud, aka a nuclear explosion.

That does not mean things are good ok. But, an explosion, nope, the physics are NOT there.

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News about Fukushima [View all] RobertEarl Aug 2012 OP

What a mess. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #1

No nukes. Obama this means you. grahamhgreen Aug 2012 #2

knr. This one scares the hell out of me. chknltl Aug 2012 #3

That's got to be a heavy particle bombardment to mess up electronics. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #4

More likely, while the robots are exposed to the intense radiation they become very radioactive chemenger Aug 2012 #49

AFAIK It cannot blow to pieces. longship Aug 2012 #5

Nukes are alive and not well. Fuddnik Aug 2012 #6

That is an entirely different argument. longship Aug 2012 #7

By "Modular Nuke" you're talking radiothermal generators (RTG) localroger Aug 2012 #37

I stand corrected. Thank you! longship Aug 2012 #42

Not natural? Edweird Aug 2012 #8

I was addressing Plutonium longship Aug 2012 #10

I agree that we should not make it in the first place. Edweird Aug 2012 #11

It's easier to launch out of the solar system longship Aug 2012 #13

So we are going to launch it into space - without knowing what the consequences can be? Isn't jwirr Aug 2012 #15

Well, it isn't going to really happen, is it? longship Aug 2012 #19

Agreed - this is really a problem. One that has been setting around for a long time. And it involves jwirr Aug 2012 #23

what did Jupiter ever do to us? magical thyme Aug 2012 #22

Well, it is a big gravity sink. longship Aug 2012 #24

Actually, a subduction zone would be perfect localroger Aug 2012 #38

Ahhh! I remember that now. longship Aug 2012 #39

It can blow up, has "blown up". But not in the way you're thinking. Not like a nuclear bomb. Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #21

Not Doomsday but Doomscentury due to all those fission products in the food chain flamingdem Aug 2012 #29

CS 137 is a big problem longship Aug 2012 #35

The way in which this receives no serious coverage on M$Greedia malaise Aug 2012 #9

The way the rest of the world seems to be ignoring this dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #12

You're right malaise Aug 2012 #16

The media is mostly invested in or outright owned by the nuclear industry. raouldukelives Aug 2012 #33

KNR. This has become an invisible story. Thanks GEMSNBC for staying ontop of it. leveymg Aug 2012 #14

Godzilla, Rodan, AND Mothra longship Aug 2012 #25

Maybe Japan could just incentivize its relationship with radiation? leveymg Aug 2012 #32

Just to be clear, there is no way in this god's green earth nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #17

Actually there was a mushroom cloud RobertEarl Aug 2012 #45

Yes small explosions can produce a mushrom cloud, but nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #47

You are like the M$M RobertEarl Aug 2012 #50

Yes, but not a nuclear weapon, which is what you are implying. nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #51

Do those clouds travel around the earth? kentuck Aug 2012 #18

Per ast year nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #27

You can by some time by moving to the southern hemisphere. CrispyQ Aug 2012 #34

Yay nukes! Nukes good! Nukes on or near fault lines better! More nukes please!! nc4bo Aug 2012 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Aug 2012 #26

There are portable units nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #28

Where do i go to borrow one? darkangel218 Aug 2012 #30

Nevermind, i googled it, its too expensive. darkangel218 Aug 2012 #31

Just get a dosimeter. longship Aug 2012 #36

dosimeters measure dose indie9197 Aug 2012 #41

Call someone at a nearby Health Physics Society Chapter indie9197 Aug 2012 #40

My car was manufactured in Hiroshima darkangel218 Aug 2012 #43

From what I read cars CAN DEFINITELY be contaminated. PearliePoo2 Aug 2012 #52

Early on, critics were chervilant Aug 2012 #44

NRC in the US RobertEarl Aug 2012 #46

The M$M chervilant Aug 2012 #48