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12. 17,000 lbs /8.3 lbs per gallon = much less volume

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 11:00 PM

Feb 2012

the article should have given a volume, since noone thinks of liquid in weights

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8.5 tons of radioactive water leak from Fukushima plant [View all] robertpaulsen Feb 2012 OP

This doesn't sound very good arcane1 Feb 2012 #1

water is heavy. 8.5 tons would fill a pool 10 ft wide and 3 ft deep tiny elvis Feb 2012 #7

That helps arcane1 Feb 2012 #10

Geeze the nightmare won't end. sakabatou Feb 2012 #2

K&R... stonecutter357 Feb 2012 #4

We're really destroying our planet. And Mother Earth secondwind Feb 2012 #5

We were being punished already...every time Uwe Boll makes a movie. cstanleytech Feb 2012 #6

The pipes froze! Generic Other Feb 2012 #8

17,000 gallons - no big deal in perspective. nt BOHICA12 Feb 2012 #9

Spilled in a "complex" which by definition is water-proof arcane1 Feb 2012 #11

17,000 lbs /8.3 lbs per gallon = much less volume tiny elvis Feb 2012 #12

Move along folks, nothing to see here...n/t BeHereNow Feb 2012 #13