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[DailyBail]

Japan races to contain nuclear threat after quake

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake;_ylt=AlXedRdriIP8YXSHxDsiSo6tOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTM3djA2dWVoBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzE1L2FzX2phcGFuX2VhcnRocXVha2UEY2NvZGUDbXBfZWNfOF8xMARjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzEEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNqYXBhbnJhY2VzdG8-

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Japan Nuclear Crisis: What Is a Full Meltdown?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/12930_japannuclearcrisiswhatisafullmeltdown;_ylt=AiOOuTaZNJLNPq6uWN4c_GWtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTQ3anQ2cDJqBGFzc2V0A2RhaWx5YmVhc3QvMjAxMTAzMTUvMTI5MzBfamFwYW5udWNsZWFyY3Jpc2lzd2hhdGlzYWZ1bGxtZWx0ZG93bgRjY29kZQNtcF9lY184XzEwBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3doYXRpc2FmdWxsbQ--

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Japan rescuers pull 70-year-old woman from debris

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110315/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_tsunami_rescues;_ylt=AhogP0Jtj0pX2gPv7PIJg5.tOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNjaDNyOWJnBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzE1L2FzX2phcGFuX3RzdW5hbWlfcmVzY3VlcwRjY29kZQNtcF9lY184XzEwBGNwb3MDMwRwb3MDMwRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2phcGFucmVzY3Vlcg--

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Japan radioactivity could enter food chain

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110315/hl_nm/us_japan_nuclear_health;_ylt=Ah8vKimAWLMjenV2fia404r9xg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTNidnNocjRsBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTEwMzE1L3VzX2phcGFuX251Y2xlYXJfaGVhbHRoBGNjb2RlA21wX2VjXzhfMTAEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDamFwYW5yYWRpb2Fj

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2 new quakes rattle Japan's northeast, Tokyo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_aftershocks;_ylt=AnqHULKK37RP9nVZ8KF2wcutOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTM4YXZldHU2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzE1L2FzX2phcGFuX2FmdGVyc2hvY2tzBGNjb2RlA21wX2VjXzhfMTAEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDMm5ld3F1YWtlc3Jh

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In Chernobyl, a disaster persists

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110315/hl_nm/us_chernobyl_disaster_persists;_ylt=AiUC7gw5DOStyLDKV9aH3AGtOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNpZDVzb2ViBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTEwMzE1L3VzX2NoZXJub2J5bF9kaXNhc3Rlcl9wZXJzaXN0cwRjY29kZQNtcF9lY184XzEwBGNwb3MDNQRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2luY2hlcm5vYnlsYQ--

[john]

Water is broken down into hydrogen and oxygen at 2500 degrees C. The partial meltdown (rod temps) are at about 2800 degrees C.... The Firefighters have quite a challenge. My thoughts go to the teams working on the fires and kudos to the Russians for putting aside differences to give much needed assistance to the Japanese people.

[john]

I hope that Dail Bail readers take a moment to read this.....

Kidofspeed
my rides through chernobyl area

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter1.html

[snip]

My name is Elena. I run this website and I don't have anything to sell. What I do have is my motorbike and the absolute freedom to ride it wherever curiosity and the speed demon take me....

...... This sort of radiation level can not be found in Chernobyl now. In the first days after explosion, some places around the reactor were emitting 3,000-30,000 roentgens per hour. The firemen who were sent to put out the reactor fire were fried on the spot by gamma radiation. The remains of the reactor were entombed within an enormous steel and concrete sarcophagus, so it is now relatively safe to travel to the area - as long as we do not step off of the roadway.......

[john]

This has more of her journey near chernobyl.

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-land-of-the-wolves/chapter27.html

NOTE: This all is available in Japanese here:

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/

look for the translation link about 3/4 way down page.