# Nuclear meltdown! Holy Godzilla NOOOO!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389 "2011-03-12T08:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/461 "2011-03-16T18:32:24Z")
It’s still useful! It’s helping educate the world. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/462 "2011-03-16T18:33:37Z")
CNN reporting evacuation taking place, due to problems with the reactors at the other power plant. It just never ends. At least the heavy snows should help people there with no water. Sorry for the double post. Software error. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/463 "2011-03-16T18:45:58Z")
Why has the US delivered two firetrucks and sending more to Japan(per MSNBC). 😕 ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/464 "2011-03-16T18:52:05Z")
To show the world how safe nuclear power is? ---
**Author:** ![Nadir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nadir/32/7302_2.png) [@Nadir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadir)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/465 "2011-03-16T19:32:32Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#): > > Why has the US delivered two firetrucks … Why don’t you cretins get all fired up about something that actually kills lots of people in an ongoing, regular basis? You know - an industry that supports your so-called “safe” coal generators? Hundreds of miners are killed the world over every year. Even if thousands die in this calamity, the nuclear power industry will still have a better cumulative safety record since inception by several orders of magnitude. Idiots. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/466 "2011-03-16T20:14:50Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > It’s helping educate the world. One [del]neuron[/del] neutron at a time. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/467 "2011-03-16T20:17:59Z")
The US is now advising US personnel to leave the area of the nuclear plants. Like any US citizen is within a hundred miles still. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/468 "2011-03-16T20:24:16Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > One [del]neuron[/del] neutron at a time. And its taking more than it thought. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/469 "2011-03-16T20:59:33Z")
If only they were more positive. Always got to be in the center of things, but if it gets the least bit unstable, _bing_ they split! ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/470 "2011-03-16T22:13:38Z")
US officially announced that #4 has probably burned dry, and radiation levels are extremely high, maybe too high to do anything about it. They won’t say it, but this means an uncontrollable nuclear fire. The level of radiation is so high it will kill anyone, even in a suit, who gets within 100 yards of the fire. You can’t even fly a helicopter over it right now. I am not making this up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/471 "2011-03-16T22:13:55Z")
> [@Nadir](#): > > Why don’t you cretins get all fired up about something that actually kills lots of people in an ongoing, regular basis? You know - an industry that supports your so-called “safe” coal generators? Hundreds of miners are killed the world over every year. Even if thousands die in this calamity, the nuclear power industry will still have a better cumulative safety record since inception by several orders of magnitude. > > Idiots. :smack: You sir, are an imbecile of the first order. You are the nadir of reasonableness. Who the fuck are you to go around telling people what they may and may not be outraged at, and what they are and are not outraged at? You may love the lies and danger of the nuclear industry, but the US public is skeptical of it to such a degree that it is dead in the US. As it shall remain. We are tired of all the lies you and your fellow travelers tell about the nuclear industry. While there may be people who love the coal industry, I tend to dislike it because it is filled with as many liars as the pro-nuclear people. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/472 "2011-03-16T22:30:14Z")
My god the level of stupid in this thread is… radioactive! ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/473 "2011-03-16T22:39:10Z")
No no no! nuclear power safe. US government is fear mongering! Nothing is wrong. Relax. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/474 "2011-03-16T22:44:02Z")
Still undecided. Keep making dip-shit arguments on either side though…fascinating read. Many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/475 "2011-03-16T22:51:36Z")
Undecided that there is radioactivity being released? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/476 "2011-03-16T23:17:54Z")
Undecided as to whether he/she wants to live near one. I live near a couple large wind farms and a couple of natural gas plants. I would consider it a huge hit to my home value to live within 100 miles of a nuclear plant. The Rancho Seco plant, closer to me than 100 miles, was closed down before I moved nearby. [Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Seco_Nuclear_Generating_Station) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/477 "2011-03-17T00:17:53Z")
> [@Nadir](#): > > Why don’t you cretins get all fired up about something that actually kills lots of people in an ongoing, regular basis? You know - an industry that supports your so-called “safe” coal generators? Hundreds of miners are killed the world over every year. Even if thousands die in this calamity, the nuclear power industry will still have a better cumulative safety record since inception by several orders of magnitude. > > Idiots. :smack: I donate money every year to a local charity that works towards increasing traffic safety on our roads and highways (about 35,000 US Americans died on the roads in 2009). I worry a lot more about dying in my car than I do about dying from radiation poisoning. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/478 "2011-03-17T00:19:20Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > You may love the lies and danger of the nuclear industry, but the US public is skeptical of it to such a degree that it is dead in the US. So, the nuclear power industry has killed more people than the coal industry? Is that what he is lying about? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/479 "2011-03-17T00:29:42Z")
Wrong topic. This is the OMG IT’S GODZILLA topic ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389/480 "2011-03-17T00:37:38Z")
No, you lackluster reader. Pay attention. He is generally stupid and a fucktard. Are you his identical twin? Nuclear power proponents lie daily about it’s safety. Bullshit like “a partial meltdown isn’t a meltdown”, that “there is nothing to be alarmed about” that “evacuation is just a precaution” that there is no practical alternative to nuclear reactors, etc. Nuclear power in the US has not killed more than Karen Silkwood, but Chernobyl sure has and the reactors in Japan will kill lots of people, we just don’t know how many yet. They will kill plant workers and they will kill locals in years to come. Maybe the plant workers signed up for it, but the public didn’t. The public did not sign up for the clean up costs, getting kicked out of their homes, etc. But you guys just love shoving this all down their throats because you are of the opinion, the fucking opinion, that nuclear power is good policy. The warm glow of your opinion will keep all those displaced Japanese warm tonight. That and the fucking reactor fuel rods. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-meltdown-holy-godzilla-noooo/574389.md?page=25)