Japanese nuke problems

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by sjastro

I'd be more concerned about false vacuums.
Harnessing ZPE in a false vacuum can be bad for your health.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_...tability_event

Regards

Steven

I was waiting for someone to mention this

Could be bad for everyone's health!!!.

[Brian W (Brian)]

please continue to post... every one here has their own interests but for me this is the 'stuff' I had hoped my original post would solicit.
Brian

[Brian W (Brian)]

the AP has a new story that seems to fit into this discussion.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110620/...ng_nukes_part1

[xelasnave]

I am speechless thanks for the link
Alex

[bojan]

Well... if THAT happens, no-one will feel a thing.

And if you think about it a bit more, it could have happened already.. many times.. and the Universe started again and here we are again.. by pure chance - with same memories... thinking absolutely nothing happened in the meantime.

[Brian W (Brian)]

Originally Posted by bojan

Well... if THAT happens, no-one will feel a thing.

And if you think about it a bit more, it could have happened already.. many times.. and the Universe started again and here we are again.. by pure chance - with same memories... thinking absolutely nothing happened in the meantime.

Careful Bojan you are almost sounding like me
Brian

[jeff65 (Jeff)]

Updates:

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/...ar-update.html

Of particular interest to me was the Science magazine article indicating that concerned Japanese scientists were doing their own radiation monitoring:

"It shows one wide belt of radiation reaching 225 kilometers south from the stricken reactors to Tokyo and another extending to the southwest. Within those belts are localized hot spots, including an oval that encloses northeast Tokyo and Kashiwa and neighboring cities in Chiba Prefecture."

Unfortunately the original Science article is behind a paywall.

Another site with roughly weekly updates:

http://www.moonofalabama.org/2011/06...e-june-18.html

If you want to know how some analysts were putting together the reported facts in the early stages of the incident, read the earlier updates from Moon Of Alabama.

[CraigS]

… Safer nuclear on the way …
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Researchers at Daresbury science park in Britain have offered a glimpse into what might be the future of nuclear energy production by showcasing a scaled down particle accelerator; one, that when combined with others just like it, could produce nuclear energy based on thorium, rather than uranium. Dubbed the Electron Machine with Many Applications (EMMA), the accelerator, a much smaller version of the kind used in physics research, such as the Large Hadron Collider, could be used to provide an accelerated beam necessary for the type of nuclear reaction used in a theoretical thorium plant.

Cheers
PS: Must we continue with two identical threads ?? If so, I move that this one should focus on science/technology and leave the politics for the General Chat thread.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by bojan

Well... if THAT happens, no-one will feel a thing.

And if you think about it a bit more, it could have happened already.. many times.. and the Universe started again and here we are again.. by pure chance - with same memories... thinking absolutely nothing happened in the meantime.

An universal "groundhog day"

Where's Bill Murray when you need him

[morls (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by CraigS

PS: Must we continue with two identical threads ?? If so, I move that this one should focus on science/technology and leave the politics for the General Chat thread.

I agree. The subject of this thread is "Japanese nuke problems". We are trying to discuss the current scientific data surrounding the incident in Japan. Part of this involves getting up to date and accurate information, and pooling our collective efforts to try and form an informed and impartial understanding of what is going on.

There is a lot of other noise going on in this thread. May I respectfully suggest we confine our posts to the topic as put forward by Brain W when he created this thread. If this is boring people they don't have to participate.

Cheers

Stephen

[morls (Stephen)]

Actually, looking at the description of this forum

(Discussions related to the Science of Astronomy, Amateur Contributions to Astronomy Science, Space Exploration etc. Strictly moderated - stay on-topic, serious discussions please.)

makes me wonder... is the realm of this particular forum amateur science only as it relates to astronomy, astrophysics and all things space?

I think I need to make sure I'm clear about each forum, and so not cluttering the space with irrelevant (to that particular forum's topic area) posts, so if one of the mods could clarify for me that'd be great.

Stephen