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the OTHER Japanese Miracle
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:27 am
by Freitag
Really great article about why Japan won't go nuclear "BOOM" after the quake.
http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/13/f ... planation/
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:26 pm
by cong06
Thanks!
It's amazing what kind of horror stories people will believe. I wonder sometimes if Americans WANT the world to end.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:32 pm
by Freitag
cong06 wrote:Thanks!
It's amazing what kind of horror stories people will believe. I wonder sometimes if Americans WANT the world to end.
Well, we are so accustomed to saving it!
Translating the new radiation dosage info into meaningful language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doTHPDMh ... ture=feedu
The short version is that a 1 sievert dose of radiation accumulated across a lifetime yields a 5% chance of having a fatal cancer.
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:32 pm
by Freitag
Update on that first posting. MIT says he is mostly correct.
link here
And as I said before, rule 35. If it exists, there is an xkcd of it.
