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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:42 PM Original message |
Japanese officials are giving up; Fukushima to be abandoned and entombed |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. There is NO way to completely entomb them. It will leak into the ground then into the ocean. n/t |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't even understand what this is saying. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Language aside, it meas they're going to Chernobyl the reactors |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. I guess it confirms what I suspected from very early on. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh dear. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is there another source? The Daily Mail is on par w/National Enquirer. nt |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. From UPI: |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Thank you. DUers need to understand that the Daily Mail is a tabloid. (nt) |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I actually was not aware of that. But UPI backs it up here: |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. From San Francisco Chronicle |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. MSNBC has confirmed the shipping of large cement pumps to the damaged plant |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. They Can't Seal Them, They're Still Too Hot and May Still be Fissioning at Times |
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SurfingScientist (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Here you go: MSNBC - they are bringing more pumps! |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. "Putzmeister" is what my Mom of blessed memory used to call |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. didn't someone say entombment won't work? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Should have been done a long time ago |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I agree, why did they try to fix this mess at all? |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I agree, why did they try to fix this mess at all? |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yea, it just kept getting worse |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've heard contradictory opinions about entombing the reactors. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I'm not an engineer.. |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Thank You For Your Post! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. What happens to Fukushima? |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. This story is shit - "abandoning attempts to keep the nuclear fuel rods cool"? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The Daily Mail story is just feeding in the FUD of the Anti-Nukers hysteria. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. World's largest concrete pump is headed to Fukushima. Different article. |
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joeunderdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. Thank God that no other nuclear power plants are at risk from natural disasters. |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yeah....F3 or higher tornadoes prefer to hit populated trailer parks and such |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Well, there's an unforgettable mental image. |
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