Japan quakes

[NEOAethyr]

Yeah something about not having power to cool it...

I was listening to the Hawaii feed a bit ago, there were setting up an lz, landing zone on a highway a bit ago, not sure why.
I closed that page a sec ago though because it was dead silent for a min or 2.

[Bodkin]

Yeah something about not having power to cool it...

I was listening to the Hawaii feed a bit ago, there were setting up an lz, landing zone on a highway a bit ago, not sure why.
I closed that page a sec ago though because it was dead silent for a min or 2.

Anyone have any idea what type of reactor it is, and whose design it is? I.e. Pressurized water reactor like we use in the uk

[josh1980]

Anyone have any idea what type of reactor it is, and whose design it is? I.e. Pressurized water reactor like we use in the uk

Fukushima is a boiling water reactor. Japan is about 50/50 BWR/PWR. I've heard that the emergency was declared prematurely and there are no problems but it could just be all of the confusion. We probably won't know if there was truely an emergency or not and how bad it is for the next day or two. It likely a complete mess on the other side of the pond.

[RPGWiZaRD]

Here's some video clips of the tremors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KQ2-gTqFfA