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Things Get Worse at Fukushima

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the good-luck-out-there-guys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Radiation levels are skyrocketing around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant as reports indicate that a radioactive core has overheated and melted through its containment vessel and onto a concrete floor. Radiation levels inside reactor two were recently gauged at 1,000 millisieverts per hour — a level so high that workers could only remain in the area for 15 minutes under current exposure guidelines."

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  1. Yup, sure! by MrEricSir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, and when the World Trade Center collapsed, killed thousands, that was part of the "planned failure mode" of the buildings.

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  2. Re:F*ck You, Shima! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My favorite post was about changing the nuclear rating scale to number of Godzilla's produced.