Monju nuclear reactor sodium leak accident footage

Footage of sodium leak at Monju nuclear "breeder" reactor, Japan, in 1995.

The leak prompted the closure of the plant and the suicide of one of its executives.

Located in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, construction began in 1986 and the reactor achieved criticality for the first time in April 1994, and was fully operational by May 2010. The accident occured a mere 7 months later.

As of June 2011 this nuclear energy plant is still not operational in a commercial capacity.


*This footage is provided for educational and journalistic discussion.

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[JoelThedude4u]

@lexichronicle2

Coal plants put out more radiation than a Nuclear plant trough out its history of operation, and far more mercury per hour than 100 lightbulbs CFL

[Kohdok]

@rabidowski The most people in the United States to ever die from a nuclear meltdown is three. It happened in 1961 at SL-1 in Idaho. They are so far the only ones.

In the same year, there were 293 Coal mining deaths in the United States. So, in one year, Coal mining caused nearly a hundred times the deaths than the entire US nuclear energy program history.

Chernobyl: 4054 (54 direct, 4000 cancer), Chinese mining in 2000(Again, in just one year): 5300

[Diamonddavej]

@talonthorn Second-hand smoke (public places, work & home), smoking during & after pregnancy, emotional & economic effects on non-smokers when they loose someone to smoking etc.

After smoking in public was banned in Scotland, the nicotine levels in non-smokers decreased by 39%.

Haw, S.J. & Gruer, L. 2007. Changes in exposure of adult non-smokers to secondhand smoke after implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland: national cross sectional survey. BMJ 335(7619), 549-549.

[talonthorn]

@Diamonddavej But these people have a choice as to whether to smoke or not.

[Diamonddavej]

@talonthorn About 50% of Japanese men smoke, of these 20% will die of cancer caused by their habit. Now one cares. It's facts like this that confuse me about humans. Why we fixate on some risks but ignore others. Try to imagine how would people act, in a world free of smoking, if there was a "tobacco explosion".

[talonthorn]

@Kohdok Why didn't you include uranium mining deaths? What about the cost of managing nuclear wastes vs coal wastes? But really, the problem isn't so much the material used but the untrustworthy managers of the nuclear plants, who give nuclear power a bad name. But since we can't keep them (nuclear industry and government in bed together) from putting us at risk, nuclear power is not an acceptable energy source.

[talonthorn]

@Diamonddavej Oh, like what is happening right now in Japan?

[indegruv]

@Kohdok Your acceptance and interpretation of what are "THE total facts, period" disturbs me

[DarkZero812]

site incorrect

[22ness0hayden]

@rabidowski No one has the exact numbers. It's impossible to know.