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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:09 PM Original message |
Is media avoiding the word "meltdown?" |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for pointing this out. nt |
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AKDavy (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. What the manipulators of public opinion are avoiding is truth |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. You must be new at this. |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. hey watch it buddy. :) |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Missed by that much with the re-licensing just before Fukashima.. |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Legislature has to approve re-licensing and they have already denied it. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Is Arnie Gundersen still involved with the Vermont Yankee Plant |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. the nuclear industry is fighting for it's life....there's a huge publicity campaign waging |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. True. They want to keep pocketing their billions. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. How Long Before the Melt Hits the Groundwater? |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. do we know if it has melted through the bottom of the containment building yet? |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. We know radiation is leading from the plant into the water. Not sure about the extent of the leak |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Of More Concern is If the Blob of Melted Fuel Hits the Groundwater and Goes BOOM |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I think worst case is pretty f-ing bad. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I just read that Fukushima has ten times more... |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. it almost feels like living "On the Beach" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. This is what I heard early on too... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. And not a peep from the MSM about the |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. I could be wrong, but it seems they're not using the word 'fallout' either. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. On the other hand, if the media says "meltdown", and it's not a meltdown |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. That kind of reasonable response is not welcome at DU for this topic |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. One person's "reasonable response" is another's "propaganda" |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. No no no - things are getting better all the time - this could NEVER be as bad as Chernobyl |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Yes, the Level 7 designation kind of undercuts the feel good talk! |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Japan situation is extreme. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. As in THX-1138, the Fukushima story has a limited # of credits that can be used to cover it. Once |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. They avoid the term "nuclear waste" too. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. So the 160 year old Reuters is not 'mainstream media or a 'major news agency'? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. no, & as a simple google search will tell you, there are indeed a number of major |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. CNN doesn't call it a meltdown... |
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