@ Japan's Nuclear Power Shuts Off On This Day!
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Yesterday, May 5th, was a national holiday called Children's Day in Japan.
It was called "tango no sekku," or "boy's festival" until after World War 2. On "Boy's Day" people used to wish for the healthy growth of the young boys in their family. Now it's called "kodomo no hi," or Children's Day, and we celebrate and hope for health and happiness for both boys and girls.
At this season of the year, you can see lots of carp streamers flowing outside here and there. They are a symbol of strength and courage for children.
Yesterday was another special day for Japanese people. All the nuclear reactors were finally switched off, and thousands of people marched to celebrate it waving carp streamers. It is Japan's first time without electricity from nuclear power in four decades! We made it!
However, it's still controversial. It seems that the government has been eager to restart nuclear reactors. Some of the people living near nuclear reactors have been mixed reactions; some really argue against the idea, but some want to get them back because of their jobs and other benefits to the local economy.
I totally disagree with the idea of using nuclear reactors in Japan, because Japan is so small that an accident will have an effect on a vast area. We've already lost wide areas in Tohoku, where nobody can live anymore. How can we allow the same thing to happen again?
All the children in Japan must want to say that they want to live and play without any worries.
I don't think that it is just a coincidence that Japan shut off nuclear power on Children's Day. It means a lot.
もういい加減に目を覚ましてほしいね・・・。ちょっと熱くなっちゃいました ^^;)
You can say it again!
While huge earthquakes are high predicted in Japan, we would never take the next disaster as an uncertain outcome.
Japan's crisis has been described as "a nuclear war without a war," by Haruki Murakami.
Noone will drop a bomb on us, we set the stage, we commit the crime with our own hands. Mr Murakami also said that we would be destroying our own lands, and we would be destroying our own lives.
Why doesn't the government understand the meaning of it? Does it have a profitable relationship with TEPCO? I guess so.
We were supposed to be more thinking-human-beings!
もう、「想定外」とは、言わせないよ！
顔が熱くなってきた！ （^_^;）
It's totally beyond human control if an accident happens.
I agree with Koro.
Yes, people tend to be lazy and look for the easy way. Therefore, we should stop to look what we are doing. It is the exact moment we need to consider seriously which way we should take further.
Japan has been facing a grueling situation after the earthquake and tsumami, but the most disastrous consequence was caused by the emission of radiation at the time of the nuclear accident.
It IS called an accident.
Only if they were tied together as one and they all leaked from one accident. Interestingly enough, i can google all i want, yet i can't find any actual deaths or damage resulting from the nuclear spill (not to say that there weren't any). In actuality... Well, the guy who runs XKCD put it pretty well.
http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/
Certainly, the damage is all over the place and spreads well, but it's not the levels of radiation caused by a nuclear warhead, nor will any plant ever blow up like one. No offense, but the political climate in Japan has always blown the damage of nuclear radiation way out of proportion ever since the actual damages done in 広島市 and 長崎市.
Now, I found out that our discussion will not be able to move any closer to agreement with it.
I actually was stunned pause for awhile when I read your note-- "i can't find any actual deaths or damage resulting from the nuclear spill."
I think there are fundamental differences of this issue between us.
Anyways, thank you for commenting on my entry!
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Sure, you can copy any parts of it.
But, could you please correct my mistakes of the part that you want to copy beforehand?
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It was called "tango no sekku", boy's festival, until after World War 2.
The day was celebrated in order to wish for the healthy growth of the boys in the family.
At this season of the year you can see lots of carp streamers flowing outside here and there.
It is the first time without nuclear power plants in four decades!
Some of The people living near nuclear reactors have had mixed opinions; some want to get them back because of their jobs and their other benefits to the local economy.
I totally disagree with the idea to use nuclear reactors in Japan because Japan is so small that an accident will affect a vast area of land.
We've already lost wide areas in Tohoku, where nobody can live any more.
How can we repeat the same failure again?
I don't think that it is just a coincidence that Japan shuts off nuclear power on Children's Day.
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html
And the scary thing about H2O is the fact that H2O's concentration in our air increases with temperature. This means that, for a very long time, the temperature can only go up, even if humans suddenly ceased to exist. Therefore, if people are truly afraid of the effects of global warming, we're wasting our valuable time that we should be using to figure out how to either cool things off or ride it out. (I've also been neglecting the fact that the sun has been getting hotter in the past few thousand years, too.)
Anyway, the problem with nuclear reactors is overheating. Nuclear reactors produce power by heating water and that water moves turbines that move magnets to generate current. When it overheats, the water needs to escape, and so does the radiation. Having an emergency storage location for this contamination (other than exposing it to the world) is one very simple way alleviate the problem, yet that, like many other solutions to common political problems, makes too much sense to actually implement.
Thank you for visiting my entry and correcting my English!
Well, I think there are more other viable options to creat energy. It's highly likely to have hedious incidents at nuclear energy facilities, regardless new or old.
ありがとう！
Thank you for your comment! (^^)
Some people buy into nuclear energy and its plant for the reason of less releasing carbon dioxide. However, it cannot compare to the high risks of nuclear plants.
Accidents in nuclear reactors are much more devastating. You could not eat anything that grew in your place, and even you couldn't breath in the air of the place!
Have you heard of the duration time of components inside of the plants? They have been damaging by the nuetron-induced activities. It is not safe if it is over 40 years old. I heard that more than half of the nuclear plants in the US had been almost or over 40 years. Those plants are already in danger.
Japan manifested how dangerous it was from the disaster a year ago. Now, everybody should consider it seriously.
Thank you for your opinions!
^0^
However, the likelihood of accidents compared to other methods of power...
>Have you heard of the duration time of components inside of the plants? They have been damaging by the nuetron-induced activities. It is not safe if it is over 40 years old. I heard that more than half of the nuclear plants in the US had been almost or over 40 years. Those plants are already in danger.
This assumes the plants in the US are not maintained (which is probably true). I'm a little more interested in what exactly the study you refer to refers to. If Japan, that's understandable since 40 years ago Japan likely didn't have the same materials as other countries.
>Japan manifested how dangerous it was from the disaster a year ago. Now, everybody should consider it seriously.
Unfortunately, it's impractical. Fossil fuels are too expensive, and the US economy is already experiencing huge issues. Perhaps if things turn around tomorrow night and for the next 10 years the US economy goes well we can safely consider it, but even then it'd be an economically bad choice.
I don't understand why you think it is impractical. It's sensible to think about it seriously.
Oh, you commented on it below. Ok!
Personally, I would prefer finding a way to artificially produce fossil fuels. The genetic engineering of photosynthetic bacteria is another potentially helpful solution. Currently though, all our known methods will fail for one reason or another (nuclear power plants need the right kind of Uranium, and the supply is diminishing). Perhaps paying closer attention to plants and how they take in sunlight might produce results.
Yesterday, May 5th, was a national holiday called Children's Day in Japan.
It was called "tango no sekku," or "boy's festival" until after World War 2.
The holiday is celebrated in wishing the boys in the family grow healthily. (just how i would say it)
At this time of (the) year, you can see lots of carp streamers flowing outside here and there. (you can say 'to and fro' if you are talking about the movement of the streamers)
Some of the people living near nuclear reactors have mixed reactions; some want to get them back because of their jobs and other benefits to the local economy. (when you use 'mixed reaction' we usually expect the writer to give both sides of the reaction. here, you explained some people want the reactors. it is more natural to include the reasons the local people dislike them)
I totally disagree with the idea of using nuclear reactors in Japan, because Japan is so small that an accident will have an effect on a vast area of land.
We've already lost wide areas in Tohoku, where nobody can live anymore.
please dont take this the wrong way, because i dont want to argue! but im just genuinely curious - if you dont support nuclear energy, what type of energy do you support?
euanthus,
Thank you for the question!
Well, I heard that we could expect "methan hydrate" for our future energy, which will be used by 2019. Meanwhile, thermal power generation will be a good resource. I am not a scientist, (^_^;)、so I might be wrong though.
I expect that all scientists and specialists get together and polish their heads, and do serious researches of wind, tides, rain and geothermal heats that are all natural resources.
Thank you for your corrections too! (^v^) /
Thank you for your ideas!
On "Boy's Day" people used to wish for the healthy growth of the (young) boys in their family.
I wrote it as "Boy's Day" because it matches better with "Children's Day" so it sounds a little more natural.
Now it's called "kodomo no hi" or Children's Day, and we celebrate and hope for health and happiness for both boys and girls.
They are a symbol of strength and courage for children.
It is Japan's first time without electricity from nuclear power in four decades!
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How can we allow the same thing to happen again?
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Yes, I think so.
We should build a society with a sense of security for our children, grandchildren and grand grand~.
Thank you for your wonderful corrections! I always learn a lot from your corrections.
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