Tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after massive quake
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The Governor of the Bank has pledged a ton of cash to keep the market alive. There was a 5% slump yesterday though.
we can donate to charities etc that are helping the aid effort in Japan. Not really anything we can do to stop the reactor from leaking the radiation
The problem isn't the reactor leaking radiation, it's if the protective container ruptures and allows the radiation to escape.
And exactly, pro-actively donating to charity > prayer.
am gonna go try and find somewhere in my town that is taking donations for the Japan effort. Lets hope that the protective layer doesn't rupture? Is there anyting that can be done to try and make sure it doesn't?
Venting it to reduce pressure, but that has the further implication of releasing some of the radioactive material from the rods.
is there a way they could vent it but collect the radioactive material in some kind of container?
Not really, unless someone fancies the suicide mission of going to contain the material separately. But then I guess the fuel rods are already in semi-meltdown, so the isotopes won't be able to be contained anyway. So, no.
Not really, unless someone fancies the suicide mission of going to contain the material separately. But then I guess the fuel rods are already in semi-meltdown, so the isotopes won't be able to be contained anyway. So, no.
Don't know how reliable but
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Venting_at_Fukushima_Daiichi_3_1303111.html
The market has already heavily slumped after everyone got their cash out of the Nikkei, however many are expecting the Yen to gain strength as big Japanese businesses bring back cash from overseas arms of their companies to deal with the crisis at home.
To see a full blown crash i think there would need to be a serious disaster along the lines of Chernobyl, hopefully this one doesn't get any worse than 3 Mile Island, which was comparitively minor.
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Something on the news there about their being problems at 2 other nuclear plants. Harrowing times indeed.
What a shame... :facepalm:
Their economy has been in the **** for a long time now too as well. Not good at all.
Aye, was reading before that the quake and tsunami wiped 1% of economic growth. Some people may think its not a lot, but if your country is struggling already, it's pretty much a lot.
1% is a lot, when you consider the UK's trend rate is ~2.5%. They've been trapped in deflation for years as well.
not surprised at all. This was to be expected.