Thousands evacuate as Fukishima nuclear emergency is declared

[Peter Lemkin]

I agree Peter. There seems to be enough trouble running nuclear power plant in ideal circumstances let alone disaster scenarios. However, two things. I thought there was indications that the original damage was now thought to be caused by the quake and the tsunami was just more shit on top of that to deal with. Secondly, didn't they seem to be having some sort of computer operational problems that they were unable to find a cause for? Or could this also be from the quake and tsunami damage?

I had not heard that...though it could have been so, but that would not have made a difference - given the quake. Had there not been a quake and tsunami and they were having control problems, that would be a different story. Any control or cooling they manage from this point on will be very simple jerry-rigged and not computer controlled. Mostly they now need to move the fuel somewhere and then bury the buildings. The normal control mechanisms just are destroyed - by things other than computer control, as I understand it. They've had a giant earthquake and tsunami; followed by hydrogen explosions caused by overheating of the zirconium cladding on the fuel rods - with the subsequent leak and melting of the fuel rods. They have been cooling my cement pumps, fire trucks and now just simple motors pumping new fresh water lines. Nothing else is working and the fuel rods are so destroyed they won't ride up and down [which is how they are controlled]. The energy in the earthquake would be possible to calculate; but would be such an enormous amount of energy as to rule out human triggered, IMHO. While i have no doubt the dirty little boys with their dirty little toys have tried to created earthquakes and who knows what else; I've seen no evidence they have that technology and certainly would only be able to create the smallest of such.....this was HUGE. I'd guess a billion times the energy of all the nukes on the Planet.