Published: August 6th, 2012 at 10:53 am ET
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Video of when Reactor 3 exploded posted on Nikkei.com with summary translation by EXSKF:
It was more like Plant Manager Yoshida was calling “mayday, mayday” when Reactor 3 blew up. The people at TEPCO HQ didn’t seem to comprehend what Yoshida was saying for several seconds, and started to respond as if Yoshida had just said he was going out to lunch.They started to say “hai”, “hai” – OK, yes -, then “Uh… so it’s the same as Reactor 1? OK it’s an emergency. I will issue emergency communication then…”
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Wikipedia: Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice procedure radio communications. [...] It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by mariners and aviators, but in some countries local organisations such as police forces, firefighters, and transportation organizations also use the term.
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Published: August 6th, 2012 at 10:53 am ET
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Man can't stop a meltdown, so we have radiation everywhere. Spewing for decades.
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I've found in interesting how Arnie Gundersen has avoided discussing unit 3.
Recently, in an interview linked at Enenews, Helen Caldicott pressed him to comment on the status of 3.
He stated that 3 was the worst off of all the reactors and that little was known about its status.
When Helen asked about the mox in that reactor, Arnie transitioned the topic away from reactor 3 by noting that all of the reactors contained plutonium as a result of the fission process.
To me that says something about the state of unit 3
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Arnie is a scientist by nature, speculation without facts and political statements is not his forte. Appears he lacks the information to draw a proper conclusion for Unit 3. He is very 'dry'(not excitable) in his assessments almost without emotion…as you would expect from a scientist. Him stating that he change his opinion on nuclear generation is a milestone for him, before Fukushima he felt nuclear power generation could be made safe, no so now.
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"mayday" is a neutral-sounding word in English if you happen not to know it from boating, flying or emergency work. It sounds the same as the French expression it is based on, which means "help me".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayday
HELP ME, HELP ME! – is a bit more vivid to most English ears as a clue to the plant manager's state of mind. He knew what he faced. "The people at TEPCO HQ didn’t seem to comprehend". Not much has changed.
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It's called denial. People do that.
THE FRIGGIN THING BLEW UP!
What? Blew up? That's okay, we expected some damage, so we were prepared. Don't worry, we will tell the press about it. Just remember to shut the lights out before you go home.
IT BLEW UP!
Oh, sorry, no lights, I guess. Well tidy up then. And don'w worry. We will draft a press release.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! IT BLEW UP!
Well, you'll probably feel better about it in the morning…
It happens. That's why we got the name Homo sapiens and were given nuclear power plants to play with – because we are so smart.
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very good one
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They should still be crying out 'mayday, mayday!!!'.
Meltdowns ongoing, no end in site, cannot enter reactors.
"mayday"
Chains of life affected PLANET WIDE via air and water.
"mayday!"
High Risk of a mega-catastrophe at any moment.
"mayday!!"
With the number of active nuclear 'sites' around the globe and more being built the prospects and risks become even worse.
"mayday!!!"
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