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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 10:57 PM Original message |
"Hanging on by your fingernails" Prof. Michio Kaku on the nuclear disaster in Japan |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kaku is outside his expertise here. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What he's saying is consistent with what I've heard from a number of nuclear physicists online |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He's a theoretical physicist, but also nuclear energy speaker/ educator nt |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Kaku is a highly respected physicist |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Who was that? - the previous poster here? nt |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "Teaser is a highly respected physicist" |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Link to your credentials/profile? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. on here? No way dude. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Please specify your disagreements with Kaku |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yeah |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. AAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGG. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 03:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. His opinions are valuable on the Fukushima plants because he |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Can you give us your assessment of Fukushima? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Dude! That's my point. You don't want my assessment |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. You mean we should talk to Arnie Gundersen? He is pretty close to Kaku on his analysis nt |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm sure that Kaku |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Please not his longevity on this subject |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. A string theorist is essentially an advanced nuclear physicist. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Kaku is a pioneer in string field theory |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Not lately! He played the EXACT SAME ROLE during Three Mile Island! |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. 1980 article quoting Kaku at Three Mile Island commemoration (also Helen Caldicott) |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. oh he's been around |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Did you know George Teller was his teacher? Mr. invent the bomb nt |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. String theory and Quantum Field Theory (QFT). |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. "The physics of nuclear energy should be a piece of cake to him." |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. At the heart of this crisis is the potential for nuclear meltdown.. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:04 AM Original message |
+100 - the big picture |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. He's been speaking and writing on this issue for decades |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. He's done sifnificant theoretical work in subatomic physics.. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. So if you do theoretical work in subatomic physics, |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. What does this have to do with biology or computer science? |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Nuclear engineering is not a subset of theoretical physics. |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Scary stuff. And to think this was so avoidable. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Is it Time to Appoint a Body of Top Scientists to Succeed the Fukushima Utility |
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franzia99 (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I completely agree. For starters, I don't think the utility has demonstrated competence. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. If you look at the list of owners of Tepco, it includes Japan's big banks, insurance! |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. "Journalists" on TV News lamented ruining the reactors |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
35. K&R...n/t |
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animato (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
37. kick and rec |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. .. |
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