A friend of mine who is a Nuclear Physicist, and lives in Los Alamos, read and vetted the original post in this series, which has been moved to the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering website:
http://mitnse.com/ On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:11 AM, "" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't seen any official comparison here. What I have seen is statements > playing the game of 'if', responding to drama-hungry journalists. > > Must be terrible over there now, with the uncertainty over which way the > situation will swing. > > ------- Original message ------- >> From: Cotty <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: 15.3.'11, 11:59 >> >> On 15/3/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Indeed. I am most worried by the fact that (judging from our local news >>> agencies) Japanese officials started using word "Chernobyl" and >>> comparing their situation directly to Chernobyl catastrophe. >> >> The current situation at Fukushima is nowhere near a 'Chernobyl' >> situation. Chernobyl was something entirely different, with the >> resulting explosion pushing highly radioactive material well into the >> atmosphere where it was carried by prevailing currents far across the world. >> >> Fukushima (at time of writing) is still very localised, even if there is >> radioactive material venting. >> >> HTH >> >> Sources: >> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster> >> >> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12726591> >> >> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12745186> >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
