# Japan hit by massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 10, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296 "2011-03-10T23:16:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 490
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296/490 "2011-05-25T06:03:59Z")
> [@RODEO!!!! Jan 26th, 2008](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rodeo-jan-26th-2008/42475/6): > > those holes mean that the reactors cannot and will not ever hold pressure. If they don’t hold pressure guess what else they don’t hold… They don’t hold water in (cooling) and they also don’t hold radiation from escaping. They need to still keep them cool because there is a molten mass at the bottom from everything that melted “corium”. Thats why the basements are full of super highly radioactive water, everything you pour in goes right back out. The more water they pour on em the more highly contaminated water there is to clean up… see where this is going? Eventually this IS going to highly contaminate the groundwater and seawater there. Who knows how far the effects are going to be felt. > > Nuclear power is epic fail IMO. Oh snap :ohnoes Well it seems that water is going to be a huge dilemma no matter what. This reminds me of Fallout3 where you gain radiation every time you swim or drink water and then have to use the RadX to get rid of it (Hint, make RL RadX, I hear there is a demand for it :lol) Nuclear may be unsafe but no power is without it’s downsides. Natural power such as currents, wind and solar are lacking in their supply power. Right now there is some very heavy research and investments in Solar but it’s still years behind. FYI upstate NY just got a grant making it essentially national leader in research and development of solar. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-earthquake/257296)._