JAPAN disaster & nuke plant explosion... What does it means FOR US?

[WiseOwl]

Good luck on Potasium Iodide, it looks like everyone is out

Yeah this was wild. Everyone was sold out by Sat morning our time.

[Rmplstlskn]

The word I have heard is that that Australian Radiation Service map is NOT LEGIT... YMMV

[Fixer]

List of active nuclear reactors in the US. Good to know your neighbors... http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operatin...tor-units.html

Most people don't think about it but I planned my home site and other operational locations to be at least 50 miles from an active reactor, I am pleased that none of my extended family are within that range either.

However, it isn't just that you might have a nuclear plant in your back yard, or a research reactor at the university, or a nuclear fuel cycle facility up the road, the reality is that there is only so much on-site storage of spent fuel before they have to use casks and transport it by road or rail to "somewhere else." Low-level waste is transported and stored in South Carolina, Utah, and Washington and high-level waste in Nevada (Yucca Mountain.)

[Bull]

Nice link. I was actually thinking of going to work at the one in Arkansas when I get tired of being on a boat 8 months out of the year, and because there is some nice land up there to be had. The land would be a good hour or so away. I guess I have Nuke meltdown kind of low on my list if likely threats. I'll have to make sure it isn't a union workplace first, LOL. "It's not my job to turn that cooling pump switch back on, call the electrician." - "I'll be there after break."

[hagbard]

Just hoping the guy (now guys) at MIT are right and there's nothing to worry about. The original article the guy said the worst that would happen in a complete meltdown is all the rods would become a goop in the bottom of the containment structure with no effects outside the structure. But now, they've removed that part. The revised edition is here:

http://mitnse.com/