A Student's Perspective on the Fukushima Nuclear accident

Reference List:

[1] Carbon Mitigation Initiative, "Stabilization Wedges Calculations & Data," http://cmi.princeton.edu/wedges/calculations.php

[2] NPR episode about Fear and Nuclear: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/22/134755650/Fear-Stokes-Discussions-On-Nuclear-Power

[3] Tom Ashbrook, "Growing Nuclear Crisis in Japan," On Point with Tom Ashbrook, http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/03/15/us-nuclear-industry

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Schematic of plant: http://nei.cachefly.net/static/images/BWR_illustration.jpg

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• Fukushima
• Daiichi

[RACINGWILDONE]

You are nuts ,I hope you know that. There is 70 million beq. released per hour, this has been going on for almost a year. If you don't think that is dangerous, you need to work at wal mart or something more your intelligence level.

[ge11iebeenz]

@RACINGWILDONE First of all, I am sorry that I may not sound professional in this video. I am the first one to admit that I do not have a "presidential-sounding" tone to my voice or a smooth cadence. This is something I have dealt with all of my life. Secondly, I am sorry if I implied the accident was not serious. I understand that the accident was very serious. I don't know if you remember, but right after it happened, a lot of people were panicking, and the media was spreading disinformation.

[ge11iebeenz]

@RACINGWILDONE I was trying to help calm people down by explaining some basic radiation facts. Yes, I did put my own views into the video as well, but I admitted in the beginning that I'm still a student and would not be 100% correct. Also, information was still coming in at that point, so of course not all of my facts were correct. In fact, it could take years for us to determine the sequence of events of what actually happened inside the containment unit.

[ge11iebeenz]

@RACINGWILDONE As for your statement about 70 million Bq being released per hour, I saw from your channel that you read an article by Bob Nichols about this, so I went to go read this article. From what I saw, he is a bit of a fear monger. Moreover, he did not provide a list of his sources, which if you remember from school, should always make you question where that person is getting their facts.

[ge11iebeenz]

@RACINGWILDONE I found this more up-to-date article for you from Nature (one of the most respected journals in science) called "Fallout Forensics Hike Radiation Toll." I can't give you the link (YouTube rules), but if you go to Nature's website, search for the article by its doi number, 10.1038/478435a. (Nature volume 478, pg. 435-436, 2011). Now that's some data you can count on, peer-reviewed and everything, and it's not even pro-nuclear, which I thought you would appreciate.

[ge11iebeenz]

@RACINGWILDONE Finally, as for your remark about me being stupid, that's something that's really hard to judge from one video. I admit that I made one B while I was getting my Bachelor's in Nuclear Engineering, but by most of my friends' standards, that makes me at least book smart. Street smart is another thing, but I guess that was evident when I put up a video on YouTube that I knew would draw a lot of negative, mean comments by being pro-nuclear. P.s. The cat in your picture is really cute.

[RACINGWILDONE]

@ge11iebeenz Japan admitted to 154 million bqs

[redbuttonstudio]

@ge11iebeenz the trick is to put space between dots

[redbuttonstudio]

excuse me, but you data is just wrong.

[RACINGWILDONE]

Sorry that your so stupid . So a nuclear engineer, do they train you to lie, or is it something Tepco paid you for.If you knew ANYTHING, you would know that they allready admited to three FULL MELTDOWNS, then three MELT THROUGHS . YOU NEED TO GET YOUR INFORMATION STRAIT. WOW,!! If you think everything is so peachy over in Japan, Then get over there and fix things. Your walking a fine line between getting sued or shot,