FARK.com: (6916078) Tiny amount of radiation 'could have' leaked from nuclear power plant but there's absolutely nothing to worry about, say officials in Japan. Oops, I mean California

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		Tiny amount of radiation 'could have' leaked from nuclear power plant but there's absolutely nothing to worry about, say officials in Japan. Oops, I mean California (mercurynews.com)		101
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Cubansaltyballs

2012-02-01 04:25:50 PM

That's probably because California is overrun by zips.

Just look at the sales figures for Honda minivans in CA and you'll get an accurate representation for how many there are here.

incendi

2012-02-01 04:32:13 PM

The safety precautions worked! Everybody panic!

Norv Turner

2012-02-01 06:36:44 PM

Cubansaltyballs: That's probably because California is overrun by zips.

Just look at the sales figures for Honda minivans in CA and you'll get an accurate representation for how many there are here.

Good god, I work in Mira Mesa (lots of Asians) and I fear for my life every day when driving

ontariolightning

2012-02-01 06:39:15 PM

Microwaves omit radiation as does all kinds of household products
just saying

jagec

2012-02-01 06:39:26 PM

If only there were some device which could be used to detect risky levels of radiation...

mercator_psi

2012-02-01 06:39:55 PM

Everything I see reminds me of her...

ontariolightning

2012-02-01 06:39:57 PM

Tanning Beds are worse on the skin than the sun most days but nobody cares

meat0918

2012-02-01 06:41:18 PM

As with everything in life, dosage is key.

Is it a few extra plane flights worth or within EPA targets/guidelines for radiation release?

obeymatt

2012-02-01 06:41:55 PM

Boobies!

leonel

2012-02-01 06:47:35 PM

Who cares? It's just California!

netweavr

2012-02-01 06:50:02 PM

Meh, I've had more radioactive gas than that come out of my ass.

imnotadoctor

2012-02-01 06:50:15 PM

leonel:

Who cares? It's just Southern California!

FTFY

Tumbleweed Garden

2012-02-01 06:50:16 PM

Norv Turner: Cubansaltyballs: That's probably because California is overrun by zips.

Just look at the sales figures for Honda minivans in CA and you'll get an accurate representation for how many there are here.

Good god, I work in Mira Mesa (lots of Asians) and I fear for my life every day when driving

I'm Chinese-American and my grandmother, great-aunt and aunt live in San Diego and drive mini-vans so I'm getting a kick!

pudding7

2012-02-01 06:50:30 PM

This sounds like when engineers and lawyers get in the same room.

Lawyer: Was there a radiation leak?

Engineer: Short answer, no. Long answer, maybe. You see, due to the design of the gimball valve in exit pipe B3, and taking into account the level of ethernet gas in the flux capacitor, combined with the phase of the moon and the alignment of Mars, I guess it's possible. But no, there was almost certainly no leak.

Laywer: So you're saying there might have been a leak?

Engineer: No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying there theoretically could have been, but there's no way there was. And even if there was, it'd be less than 1% of the dose you'd get flying from LAX to Vegas. So small our monitoring devices wouldn't even see it.

Lawyer: So there might have been a leak and our monitoring isn't adequate?!

the_sidewinder

2012-02-01 06:51:01 PM

ontariolightning: Microwaves omit radiation as does all kinds of household products
just saying

Is your keyboard layout Dvorak?

rev. dave

2012-02-01 06:51:22 PM

They sound like they are being defensive and hiding something.

retrograde

2012-02-01 06:52:36 PM

People have been calling San Onofre "Dolly Parton National Monument" since the 70s.

Krieghund

2012-02-01 06:52:41 PM

netweavr

2012-02-01 06:52:56 PM

rev. dave: They sound like they are being defensive and hiding something.

Please PG&E has never had a nuclear accident in California due to shoddy maintenance and poor construction.

rev. dave

2012-02-01 06:54:03 PM

There needs to be a clear explanation about which types of radiation. Alpha or beta particles? What isotope, 1/2 life etc. They already know this.

Ponzholio

2012-02-01 06:54:47 PM

Mercury News reporting about poisoning?

The tubes are part of equipment that is virtually new, having been installed in 2010.

It's a series of tuuuubes...

Splinshints

2012-02-01 06:55:33 PM

While it is slightly concerning any time people in a position of authority or information won't use concrete numbers, such as this particular case, I have to wonder....

Do the morons who freak the ever-loving fark out every time the word "radiation" comes up give a wide berth to the giant pile of bananas in the produce aisle at their local supermarket? Because if you're that freaked out over the very concept, I have some really, really bad news for you.

/ I'd bet greater than 50% of the people who are afraid of nuke plants have never bothered to test their house for radon
// and god help you if you live anywhere near a coal fired plant...

Real Women Drink Akvavit

2012-02-01 06:59:05 PM

Dolly Parton "might" have sprung a leak? Glad I live in NorCal now. We shut down Rancho Seco years ago out here.

/not really scared of nuclear power
//that much

rkiller1

2012-02-01 06:59:48 PM

So San Onofre went tits-up?
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gunther_bumpass

2012-02-01 07:01:01 PM

retrograde: People have been calling San Onofre "Dolly Parton National Monument" since the 70s.

Oh please.. I've never seen Dolly's nipples erect.

probably would have fapped my doodle clean off.

mercator_psi

2012-02-01 07:04:09 PM

Krieghund: [4.bp.blogspot.com image 637x357]

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Oh great, you just made me remember The Event.

/dies

Gawdzila

2012-02-01 07:05:13 PM

retrograde: People have been calling San Onofre "Dolly Parton National Monument" since the 70s.

At night it wears red glowing pasties.

nanobyte

2012-02-01 07:07:26 PM

Norv Turner: Cubansaltyballs: That's probably because California is overrun by zips.

Just look at the sales figures for Honda minivans in CA and you'll get an accurate representation for how many there are here.

Good god, I work in Mira Mesa (lots of Asians) and I fear for my life every day when driving

THIS. Saw one hit a parked car near the Edwards in Mira Mesa about a month ago...

chupathingie

2012-02-01 07:07:34 PM

rev. dave: There needs to be a clear explanation about which types of radiation. Alpha or beta particles? What isotope, 1/2 life etc. They already know this.

According to a report this morning I heard, it was steam containing radioactive hydrogen. If that's the case, we're talking deuterium and a little tritium, which glows in the dark, so everyone in CA should evacuate immediately. Nevada, too. Can't be too paranoid.

Enemabag Jones

2012-02-01 07:07:38 PM

Just like three mile island was not a problem at the time. Just a release of steam.

Loucifer

2012-02-01 07:08:40 PM

You know who else leaked "tiny amounts" ...

postgallery.org

Real Women Drink Akvavit

2012-02-01 07:10:35 PM

chupathingie: rev. dave: There needs to be a clear explanation about which types of radiation. Alpha or beta particles? What isotope, 1/2 life etc. They already know this.

According to a report this morning I heard, it was steam containing radioactive hydrogen. If that's the case, we're talking deuterium and a little tritium, which glows in the dark, so everyone in CA should evacuate immediately. Nevada, too. Can't be too paranoid.

So, like the Cali version of the Northern Lights? Coolio! I'm like so going to look to the South tonight.

/totally

DrPainMD

2012-02-01 07:12:21 PM

Ever been to Utah? Ra-di-a-tion. Yes, indeed. You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you. Pernicious nonsense. Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year. They ought to have them, too. When they canceled the project it almost did me in. One day my mind was full to bursting. The next day - nothing. Swept away. But I'll show them. I had a lobotomy in the end.

badhatharry

2012-02-01 07:13:08 PM

rev. dave: They sound like they are being defensive and hiding something.

Of course they are. They don't want everyone to freak out. It's just a few broken tubes. No big deal.

bmwericus

2012-02-01 07:14:15 PM

Tritium emits alpha particles, which means that unless you inhale it continuously in a high concentration, it's not very likely to harm you.

Since the amount seems to be so small as to not set off detectors around the plant, honestly, this is much adeu about nothing. Of course, they need to fix the problem, but this is not going to cause mutant babies to be born tomorrow either.

We need to quit rebuilding these one-off reactors and replace 'em with new generation reactors using standardard modules - that would allow construction to be standardized, testing to be the same for every component, and replacement components cheaper and even stored on site. Nothing can eliminate all possible leaks but the newer designs reduce the risk by several orders and are more efficient.

TheDirtyNacho

2012-02-01 07:14:31 PM

ontariolightning: Microwaves omit radiation as does all kinds of household products
just saying

Microwaves are to ionizing radiation as the 'radiation' being emanated from a light bulb.

badhatharry

2012-02-01 07:15:31 PM

It's just a little leaking radioactive water. It's like using a microwave!

Desecrated

2012-02-01 07:15:52 PM

Real Women Drink Akvavit: Dolly Parton "might" have sprung a leak? Glad I live in NorCal now. We shut down Rancho Seco years ago out here.

/not really scared of nuclear power
//that much

AKA "Rancho Mistako"

/916 represent

Ringshadow

2012-02-01 07:15:56 PM

obeymatt: Boobies!
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I'll see your boobies and raise you.

fc07.deviantart.net

SoCalSurfer

2012-02-01 07:16:39 PM

imnotadoctor: leonel:

Who cares? It's just Southern California!

FTFY

Hey hey hey, san diegos alright. But if la were to get wiped off the map by a meteorite, I wouldn't shed a tear

BillaBong

2012-02-01 07:16:49 PM

Diablo Canyon 1, why can't you be more like Diablo Canyon 2?

bruegel

2012-02-01 07:17:08 PM

netweavr: rev. dave: They sound like they are being defensive and hiding something.

Please PG&E has never had a nuclear accident in California due to shoddy maintenance and poor construction.

What does SoCal Edison have to do with PGE?

TheDirtyNacho

2012-02-01 07:19:29 PM

bmwericus: Tritium emits alpha particles, which means that unless you inhale it continuously in a high concentration, it's not very likely to harm you.

Since the amount seems to be so small as to not set off detectors around the plant, honestly, this is much adeu about nothing. Of course, they need to fix the problem, but this is not going to cause mutant babies to be born tomorrow either.

We need to quit rebuilding these one-off reactors and replace 'em with new generation reactors using standardard modules - that would allow construction to be standardized, testing to be the same for every component, and replacement components cheaper and even stored on site. Nothing can eliminate all possible leaks but the newer designs reduce the risk by several orders and are more efficient.

San Onefre is pretty old and in a bad location. It would not take much of a tsunami to wreck it. The leaky steam generator is also practically brand new. Maybe it's still under warranty...

It's also infamous for having one of its reactors accidentally installed backwards during construction.

scottydoesntknow

2012-02-01 07:19:54 PM

Ringshadow: obeymatt: Boobies!
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I'll see your boobies and raise you.

[fc07.deviantart.net image 640x480]

I wanna get in on the boobuildings!

farm1.staticflickr.com

Informally named "The Madonna Towers" in the Texas Medical Center

Musto

2012-02-01 07:20:01 PM

This has a very Aaron Sorkin West Wing feel to it...Duck and Cover!

"As a potentially deadly crisis at a nuclear power plant in Southern California throws the White House into a state of emergency, the Republican presidential candidates Vinick and Santos (Alan Alda, Jimmy Smits) struggle to find a good campaign strategy to deal with the situation."

douche nozzle

2012-02-01 07:21:39 PM

I suspect the reason no concrete numbers are being used is because there wouldn't be much of a scary story if people knew it was less than a mili-curie.

Arcturus72

2012-02-01 07:22:43 PM

Yet again the media stirs up a ton of shiat over nothing, effectively...

Oh wait, Jim Carrey's daughter is on American Idol? No ways!

America's population is a walking ADHD diagnosis...

stewbert

2012-02-01 07:22:48 PM

ontariolightning: Microwaves omit radiation as does all kinds of household products
just saying

Visible light is a form of radiation. But what we're talking about here is ionizing radiation. There's quite a bit of difference. Ionizing radiation is known to cause cancer. Non-ionizing radiation is known to excite molecules and warm them.

Shadow Blasko

2012-02-01 07:25:17 PM

Crap, I campaigned heavily on getting that plant online!

upload.wikimedia.org

Practical_Draconian

2012-02-01 07:25:20 PM

There is a nude beach in San Onofre. Yep, near the same powerplant and the Marines base.

Glowing Johnson does sound like a porn name.

/Roll Fizzlebeef.

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