Severe Days

[BobDaGrump]

@Valkerie876 Actually the reactors that are melting down don't pose much threat.

bravenewclimate.

com/ 2011/03 /13/

fukushima- simple -explanation/

Educate YOURSELF and maybe help the world out a little.

[EngineerAtheist]

Reactors running today, were not built with current technology. They were built with yesterdays technology. (Japan's reactor was 40 yrs old. Imagine driving a 40 yr old car.)

[Ericwvb2]

@EngineerAtheist The problem is that there are so many 40+ year old reactors. The majority of our nuclear power in the USA comes from plants built between 1967 and 1990. Many power plants are reaching their 40 year operating lifetimes but instead of being shut down they are being refurbished to last 60 years.

[gepinniw204]

This is incredible footage. I wonder how many people have died prematurely due to this disaster.

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

its sad looking at those faces at 2:40 knowing that they shortly died after leaving the containment area.

These men working to contain the meltdown zone were true heroes. I feel like 1/1000th of a man compared to these titans.

[xRawlins]

Chernobyl was NOT A MELTDOWN. It was a major fucking disaster.

Had it been a meltdown, the devastation would have been FAR LESS SEVERE.

[ChurKirby]

Watching this video is crazy. Those people have no idea of the danger they're in, just thinking about how high the radiation levels around the reactor must have been is quite scary indeed.

When I saw the guy filming from the very CORE of the reactor, looking through the hole in the roof, and then filming from the roof, I just thought "Fuck... that's absolutely mental and unbelievable" you'd probably get a lethal dose in seconds filming that close with no protective gear. A very sad story indeed

[SalsPlacePromo]

This puts a lot of things in a new perspective for me.

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There are still several Chernobyl style reactors in use.

[Mikey84]

One of them is in my country (Finland)...

[TheSexyBeast821]

Nuclear power as an energy source is by far the safest and cleanest method available to our world today. Modern reactors aren't sheltered under a tin roof like Chernobyl, instead they are in 2 foot thick containment buildings. Meltdowns aren't even possible with current reactor technology.

Educate yourself and maybe help the world out a little.

[dagron1234]

I am educated and i know that nuclear energy is very dangerous. Nuclear meltdowns liek the one at Chernobyl arent possible today but ther is still nuclear danger. There is no safe way to dispose of the cores used for nuclear energy. IS wind power or solar power going to kill thousands of people? don't think so. Why don't you educate yourself and help the world out with clean renewable enrgy sources instead of volatile sources like nuclear energy.

[darthnefas]

@TheSexyBeast821 you are definitely deluded. Once you open Pandora's box, you can't ever get rid of what's inside.

[jarykc]

@TheSexyBeast821 How's that argument working for you today?

[TheBlindAngel]

@jarykc I guess it is still the same, since it is still true. Maybe you should educate yourself a bit more.

[shaggybreeks]

@TheSexyBeast821 "Meltdowns aren't even possible"... Fukushima?

[BazBake]

@TheSexyBeast821

...*sigh*...

Cleaner than nuclear: solar, biodiesel, wind.

Safer than nuclear: coal, solar, biodiesel, wind, natural gas, hydroelectric.

And meltdowns are not only possible and dangerous, but not the most dangerous thing that can happen to a nuclear reactor. For instance, venting a steamcloud of nuclear water vapor into the atmosphere like Japan has to do now.

[x2501x]

@TheSexyBeast821

The argument that nuclear power is "clean" is spurious. Due to the massive constructions needed to "safely" house the reactor, the amount of carbon generated in -building- the power plant in the first place takes 10-18 years to be offset by the "clean" power then generated by it. Not to mention the carbon fuels used in the uranium mining process, which is also quite "dirty" in that way.

[uglybunny]

@TheSexyBeast821 Lets see how Japan shakes out now.

[futuju]

@TheSexyBeast821

have you seen the roofs at fukushima?

not much left of them is there

[drkmtbc]

@TheSexyBeast821 It seems the 2011 incidents in Japan prove you wrong.

[Chillzu]

@TheSexyBeast821 Lol You said this 3 years ago. Japanese reactor almost melted. Nuff nuff

[Lateralus9]

I wish nuclear bombs and related things didn't exist; the world would be a better place.

[Elecricoustic]

It's such a shame, too. As Nuclear power has such great promise to the world. If we spent half the money wee spent on bombs, and war efforts, we could be using it to research ways to make it safer to use for non-war efforts.

[MoodIndigo1]

Never again.

Whether they were forced to do that securing and cleanup, or volunteered to do so, they were heroes. I'm sure that all people living in the area of a nuclear power plant are informed on the dangers of such a situation.

Sad that all of those faces

[netspamers]

Ive been living near a nuclear power plant since I was 10. I've never been told of any risks or what to do in the event of an emergency in regards of the plant.

There are sirens around the surrounding towns.

If they go off for more than 5 minutes we are suppose to listen to the radio. That is all.

Of course I know what im doing if something happens. Im Driving as far away as fast as possible to the west since the weather tends to blow from the west in this area.

[JimmyP0567]

"Pffft, only 10? AHAHAHAHAHA!"

*years later*

"Why do I have cancer?!?"

[parallax12345]

i hope you die of radiation poisoning, then we'll see whos laughing.

[bjv573]

so sad...never again. Please God, never again.

[Glebiys]

wow this is unbelievable!!!!!

[peba0706]

OMG!

[alexnemiro]

Uzas