「Accident」を含む日記

■[稀ドメインはてブ]2024年1月滅多にホットエントリを出さないドメインからのホットエントリ

ここ1年で初めてはてなブックマーク日毎の総合人気エントリ入りしたドメインからのホットエントリ、ブクマ数順トップ30

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■anond:20240107195754

ワイとかニキとか使ってるような人が普通に高学歴だったりするのがここの良いとこだよな

まあワイも高学歴なんすけどね（頭が良いとはいってない・むしろ悪い）

The noun “casualty” first appeared in the 15th century (originally in the form “casuality”) and, by analogy to “casual,” originally meant simply “an accident or chance occurrence.” But by the 16th century, “casualty” had narrowed to mean specifically “an unfortunate event” (thus the widespread use of “casualty” in the ...2023/01/06

アクシデント・偶発ってところが起源のようですな

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■anond:20230924123606

水俣病もイタイイタイ病も事故なんかおきてないけど

え？

事故（じこ、英: accident）とは、思いがけず起こった悪いできごと。 よくないことが起こること。 予期せず、意図せずに発生する不幸な出来事で、典型的には損傷または傷害をもたらすもの

ネトウヨって日本語が不自由な奴ら多すぎだろ

こいつらこそ外国の工作員じゃん

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■anond:20230219231234

英訳

Intentionally inducing accidents by a casualty insurance company may violate the law. This is commonly known as "accident fabrication" and is carried out to fraudulently obtain insurance money.

For example, a casualty insurance company may encourage policyholders to cause accidents or manipulate their testimony to exaggerate the accident. These actions are prohibited by law and may be considered criminal.

In the insurance industry, such actions are a serious problem, and industry organizations demand that casualty insurance companies be dealt with strictly if they violate discipline. Fraudulently obtaining insurance money not only involves policyholders who participate in fraudulent activities but also undermines the credibility of the entire insurance industry.

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■大麻を巡る討論で理解する、詭弁、誤謬

無知に訴える論証 (Argument from ignorance)

否定派「大麻を法律で解禁したとして日本の治安が今の状態を保てるとは到底思えない、だから大麻解禁はありえない」

論点先取 (Begging the question)

否定派「大麻が悪なのは、使用者自身が証明している、鏡を見てみろ」

・大麻が悪なのは、でヌルっと前提を滑り込ませるテクニック

循環論法 (Circular reasoning)

否定派「大麻は悪だ、なぜなら大麻は日本において違法だからだ」

・頻出❗　違法→悪→違法,,,,,,

誤った二分法 (False dilemma)

否定派「大麻解禁による未来は既存のジャンキー達が堂々と外で吸い出して治安が悪化するか、ゲートウェイドラッグとしてさらに入り口を広げて薬物犯罪を増やすだけだ」

・そんな二択あってたまるか

単一原因の誤謬 (Fallacy of the single cause)

否定派「殺人を犯したこの男は、過去に大麻を所持していた容疑で逮捕されています、故に大麻は殺人を引き起こします」

・いわずもがな

道徳主義的誤謬(Moralistic fallacy)

否定派「大麻等のドラッグで人生を狂わせる、狂わされることは反道徳的だ、故に大麻は全面的に禁止すべきだ」

自然主義的誤謬 (Naturalistic fallacy)

肯定派「大麻はもともと地球に自生している生物だ、野菜、肉を食べるのと同じだ、何も悪くない」

動くゴールポスト (Moving the goalposts)

肯定派「大麻の危険性が低いことはこの論文で証明されている」

　→否定派「その実験にしようした大麻の品種だけでは？アメリカの研究でしょ、日本人においてもそうだと言える証拠は？サンプル数が少ない、もっと多くのサンプルで実験すれば

致命的な例外が出てくる可能性がある」

科学の不完全性に訴える誤謬 (Science was wrong before)

肯定派「大麻の危険性が低いことはこの論文で証明されている」

　→否定派「でも結果が覆って危険性が実は高かった可能性もあるよね？だって何百年も天動説が信じられてたけど科学の発展によって覆ったじゃん」

本物のスコットランド人なら (No true Scotsman)

否定派「でも純粋に大麻を解禁したいと願っているだけなら、そんな喧嘩腰で言ってこないよね普通。やっぱ大麻吸いすぎて攻撃的になっちゃってるんじゃない？」

人身攻撃 (Ad hominem)

否定派「君大麻解禁派なの？最終学歴どこ？え？高卒？ｗほらな、大麻解禁派の連中は揃いも揃って低学歴なんだよな、だから誰も相手しねえよ」

井戸に毒を入れる誤謬 (Poisoning the well)

否定派「あの〇〇（大麻肯定派の人名）、前科持ちらしいよ」

例外の撲滅 (Accident)

肯定派「スティーブ・ジョブスは素晴らしい人間だ、そしてスティーブ・ジョブスは大麻を吸っていた、俺も吸っている、故に俺も素晴らしい人間だ」

同情論証 (Appeal to pity)

否定派「運転手が大麻を摂取した状態に起きた交通事故で家族を失った遺族のことを何も思わないのか」

富裕度に訴える論証 (Appeal to wealth)

肯定派「あのセレブもあのセレブも大麻を吸っている、大麻が悪いモノなわけない」

貧困度に訴える論証 (Appeal to poverty)

「大麻吸ってるジャンキー共に品がいいと思うか？あいつらはいつも汚い格好をして所得の大部分をドラッグにつぎ込んでいて貧乏だ、大麻が良いモノなわけない」

年代に訴える論証 (Chronological snobbery)

肯定派「え？未だに大麻は違法とか言ってんの？価値観古すぎでしょおっさん」

非形式的誤謬　プープーの誤謬 (Pooh-pooh)

「大麻肯定派の大多数が違法なのに毎日ブリってる犯罪者集団だ、そんな連中と議論する意味も価値もないね」

藁人形論法 (Straw man fallacy)

肯定派「（根拠、理由、主張）～だから俺は大麻肯定派だな」

否定派「じゃあ田舎から出てきた生娘が大麻吸わされてブリブリになって風俗で無理やり働かせることも推奨してるってことね」

友達に訴える論証 (Friend argument)

肯定派「大麻使用者を差別しているんじゃないか？」

否定派「いや、俺には大麻を使用している友達がいる」

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■anond:20210614195813

刑事罰になった判例あんの？

今も日本は子どもの命と権利が親・保護者の権利にくらべてゴミみたいに軽い

クルマ閉じ込め欧米どうこう

とりあえず、米国

仮釈放無しの終身刑を言い渡されることもあれば（例：2014年6月のジョージア州 ジャスティン・ロス・ハリス　https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Cooper_Harris）

うんうん、わかるよー不幸な事故だよねーで不起訴になるケースも43%もある上に、起訴されても11%は無罪になったりで、

日本以上に法とは？裁判とは？といった様相

said they were not aware they had left their babies in hot cars. In 43 percent of those cases, no charges were filed. In 32 percent of the cases, the caregiver was charged and convicted. And in 11 percent of the cases, the person was charged with a crime, but the judge or jury did not convict. The other 14 percent accounts for cases that are still open or the status is unknown.

　

[New York Times] He Left His Twins in a Hot Car and They Died. Accident or Crime?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/nyregion/children-left-to-die-in-hot-cars-accident-or-murder.html

　

アメリカは、金あるいは金もしくは金と、人種・宗教・地域性が裁判結果を決めるけど、

　

そもそも車内に子どもだけを残すこと自体が多くの州で“犯罪”

犯罪として規定していない州でもホットカー法(hot car laws)があるし

規定がなきゃOKではなく、終身刑食らった親の住んでたのはジョージア州で法律の規定はないよ

単純に児童虐待でしょっ引かれるし、スーパーなどで親が怒られている様子とか割と見る光景だそうだ

子どもだけじゃなくて犬猫も同様

　

Is it illegal to leave a child in the car?

https://www.finder.com/child-in-car-laws

　

An Avoidable Tragedy: Dogs in Hot Cars

https://aldf.org/project/an-avoidable-tragedy-dogs-in-hot-cars/

　

市民も児童・動物虐待としてフツーにガンガン通報・救出するし、警察官もアホがいないか見回ってるし、

日本よりも、人口も底辺も多く、国土も広いけど、見えている子ども に関しては未然に防がれている印象

　

なお米国のネット民の反応としては「子どもを車に放置死させる両親は薬物検査を受けろ」ですな

“The parents need to be drug tested asap.”

　

“The type of parents that are this mindless would have to be drunk or high on drugs not to realize their child is in the vehicle. Or, they are trying to murder their child and avoid prison by claiming it was an accident.”

　

[WKMG News 6＆ClickOrlando] Newborn dies after being left in hot car in Florida

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida/2020/09/04/newborn-dies-after-being-left-in-hot-car-in-florida/

　

ちなみに、異常に親の権利が強く自己責任を問われにくいジャップランドの反応

子ども車内置き忘れは私にも!?：赤ちゃん忘れ症候群：記憶とヒューマンエラーの心理学

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/usuimafumi/20190811-00137869/

酒の責任も取れないジャップに大麻なんてマジとんでもないね。見えない子どもや児童虐待が加速する

子どもを置き忘れる(そもそもなぜか置いていくことが罪にならない)がなにせヒューマンエラーらしいんで

もちろん、責任能力が怪しい人も子を持つ権利はあるし、怪しい親のフォローが必要なことに同意はするが、

児童福祉に関する法律を強化した後、親権停止を欧米並みにした後では？

　

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■anond:20210111172953

草生える

Four years after the Fukushima accident, TC screening data from the first and second round (up to December 2014) were compared with the Japanese nationwide annual TC incidence, and with the incidence in one area of Fukushima prefecture selected as reference (Tsuda et al., 2016). The authors reported that the observed number of TCs was substantially higher than the expected number based on national and regional incidence data, and concluded that this increase could be attributed to ionizing radiation exposure from the accident. This ecological study has been strongly criticized by scientists around the world because of serious methodology limitations; further, the study conclusions are not supported by the results (Davis, 2016, Jorgensen, 2016, Korblein, 2016, Shibata, 2016, Suzuki, 2016, Takahashi et al., 2016, Takamura, 2016, Wakeford et al., 2016). Limitations of ecological study design are well-known, although the authors did not acknowledge the issue of ecologic fallacy. Another criticism was that the data from the Fukushima screening program are not directly comparable with the cancer registry data from the rest of Japan where systematic advanced ultrasound technology is not used to detect cases. The authors of these criticisms suggested that though the increased TC number could be associated with the exposure from radioactive fallout, a more plausible conclusion would be that the screening program is finding an anticipated increase in TC detection across the Fukushima prefecture. Indeed, Tsuda and colleagues did not consider the latent properties of TC, nor the fact that a prevalent cancer detected by screening might have had first preclinical manifestations of abnormality before the nuclear accident.Thereafter, several researchers have analysed the relationship between radiation exposure (with different estimated exposure levels, mostly using an external dose) and TC prevalence and incidence in residents aged ≤18 years in the Fukushima prefecture at time of the disaster (Kato, 2019, Nakaya et al., 2018, Ohira et al., 2019a, Ohira et al., 2020, Ohira et al., 2019b, Ohira et al., 2016, Ohira et al., 2018, Suzuki et al., 2016, Toki et al., 2020, Yamamoto et al., 2019), but no radiation-related risks have been demonstrated to date.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020321851

ちなみにこの分野の雑誌にはあまり詳しくないけど、IF3.5で最高峰なの？

ちなみに自分が引用した雑誌は7.9だった。

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■[ブクマカ]クルマ閉じ込め欧米どうこう　anond:20200907124839

とりあえず、米国

仮釈放無しの終身刑を言い渡されることもあれば（例：2014年6月のジョージア州 ジャスティン・ロス・ハリス　https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Cooper_Harris）

うんうん、わかるよー不幸な事故だよねーで不起訴になるケースも43%もある上に、起訴されても11%は無罪になったりで、

日本以上に法とは？裁判とは？といった様相

said they were not aware they had left their babies in hot cars. In 43 percent of those cases, no charges were filed. In 32 percent of the cases, the caregiver was charged and convicted. And in 11 percent of the cases, the person was charged with a crime, but the judge or jury did not convict. The other 14 percent accounts for cases that are still open or the status is unknown.

　

[New York Times] He Left His Twins in a Hot Car and They Died. Accident or Crime?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/nyregion/children-left-to-die-in-hot-cars-accident-or-murder.html

アメリカは、金あるいは金もしくは金と、人種・宗教・地域性が裁判結果を決めるけど、

そもそも車内に子どもだけを残すこと自体が多くの州で“犯罪”

犯罪として規定していない州でもホットカー法(hot car laws)があるし

規定がなきゃOKではなく、終身刑食らった親の住んでたのはジョージア州で法律の規定はないよ

単純に児童虐待でしょっ引かれるし、スーパーなどで親が怒られている様子とか割と見る光景だそうだ

子どもだけじゃなくて犬猫も同様

Is it illegal to leave a child in the car?

https://www.finder.com/child-in-car-laws

An Avoidable Tragedy: Dogs in Hot Cars

https://aldf.org/project/an-avoidable-tragedy-dogs-in-hot-cars/

市民も児童・動物虐待としてフツーにガンガン通報・救出するし、警察官もアホがいないか見回ってるし、

日本よりも、人口も底辺も多く、国土も広いけど、見えている子ども に関しては未然に防がれている印象

なお米国のネット民の反応としては「子どもを車に放置死させる両親は薬物検査を受けろ」ですな

“The parents need to be drug tested asap.”

　

“The type of parents that are this mindless would have to be drunk or high on drugs not to realize their child is in the vehicle. Or, they are trying to murder their child and avoid prison by claiming it was an accident.”

　

[WKMG News 6＆ClickOrlando] Newborn dies after being left in hot car in Florida

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida/2020/09/04/newborn-dies-after-being-left-in-hot-car-in-florida/

ちなみに、異常に親の権利が強く自己責任を問われにくいジャップランドの反応

子ども車内置き忘れは私にも!?：赤ちゃん忘れ症候群：記憶とヒューマンエラーの心理学

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/usuimafumi/20190811-00137869/

酒の責任も取れないジャップに大麻なんてマジとんでもないね。見えない子どもや児童虐待が加速する

子どもを置き忘れる(そもそもなぜか置いていくことが罪にならない)がなにせヒューマンエラーらしいんで

もちろん、責任能力が怪しい人も子を持つ権利はあるし、怪しい親のフォローが必要なことに同意はするが、

児童福祉に関する法律を強化した後、親権停止を欧米並みにした後では？

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■DeepLぬきたしに敗北する

DeepLがこれまでにない精度で翻訳をしてくれると聞いたので、ぬきたしの中のから好きなセリフを翻訳してもらいました。

翻訳前の日本語はBANの可能性があるのでなしでお願いします。

結果は以下の通りです。十分な精度があるようにも見えますが、ぬきたしの魅力であるドギツイ下ネタ要素を削除してしまうことがありました。

やはり、これからもまだ翻訳家の仕事はなくなりそうにありませんね。

Which mouth cunt is the one that's been talking nuptial?

What's with that face? What's that look on your face? Open your mouth cunt and give me an answer. Open your mouth and put a sir on before and after you open your mouth and spit out your cum. Got it, Tadpole?

OK! we will now begin our morning erection summit. Speak in the language of the dick here. I want you to listen to me like you do when you listen to a hypnotic voice, with a little pussy juice coming out of your eardrums to get a good eardrum passage. That's good!

The sea is a cunt. Recap!

Is this Tom? Yes, it's a dick.

The Groman Dam has broken and a man juice flood is brewing.

Now, I'm going to give the glans a thirty-three-seven beat so that you can prepare for the event with anal tightening and no illness or accident. It's "Anne Anne Hammett".

Impregnate her, impregnate her, Oraa! Get it up, get it up, get it up. Impregnate, impregnate, impregnate, impregnate, ora, ora, ora!

ヌプヌプ喋っているが、「talking nuptial」と翻訳されたのは狙っているのかなんなのか。nuptialは結婚の、交尾のの意味。

キンタマジャクシ！がTadpoleと、単なるオタマジャクシ呼ばわりされるのは心外。しかし、こういう固有名詞じみた言葉の翻訳は難しいでしょうね。

アンアンハメ拍子が、It's "Anne Anne Hammett"と、訳されてしまうのも、やはり固有名詞的な翻訳の難しさなんでしょうね。

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■accidentとcontingencyの違い

本人に予想のつかない物はaccident

本人が予想できる上のトラブルはcontingency

ハリケーンのよく通るところに住んでる人はどっちを使うんだろう。

素人にも大雨の降ると分かっていた西日本の洪水の件。

やはり首相の周囲の人間からすればaccidentなんだろうか。

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■some comments for an image after 311.　明けない夜はない。

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56194600@N08/5614103540

"seems highly radioactive , that landscape ! those glowing colors are suspect....nice capture tough !"

「線量高そうだ、この風景！光彩を発する色たちが示唆するものはいったい…とにかくすごいショットだ！」

"hahaha. this photo was taken in the spring of 2007 before the Fukushima accident. Here is Yamanashi, be famous for producing peach. The rising sun from behind clouds bathes the peach farm in pink light."

「ははは、この写真の撮影は2007年の春、福島原発事故の前だ。ここは山梨。桃の生産で知られた街だ。雲間から差し込む旭光が桃畑を桃色に染める。」

LOL....my friend , when I first saw your pic , I even wasn't aware it was taken in Japan , only later I took a look at your profile ! but I highly appreciate your photography !"

「あっはっは、マイフレンド、君の写真を最初に見たとき、撮影地が日本だなんて気付かなかったんだ、君のプロフィールをみるまではね。でも君の写真がとてもよくわかるようになったよ！」

"A dreamy and ephemeral moment. May be you could have cut the black part on the right, may be not. Nice work indead, congrats."

「夢の中のような、そしてはかない一瞬だ。君は右側の暗い箇所をカットできたはずだ。でもそれをしなかった。 文句なしのいい仕事だ。おめでとう。

"Thank you. I recorded both the night and the dawn. I like the Macbeth's lines ”The night is long that never finds the day. ” : )"

「ありがとう。僕は闇夜と夜明け、双方を記録した。マクベスのあの台詞が好きなんだ。「明けない夜はない」ってやつさ。

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■Two years have passed since I moved to a developed country

ほらよ。

https://anond.hatelabo.jp/20171014071350

I am working as an engineer in the IT area, but I managed to hold it for some 2 years.

I do not have confidence yet, and I feel even more confident about my confidence for the rest of my life, the excellence of my colleague.

If I do not desperately do it I am working everyday with feelings that it is not amusing even if I receive a notification outside the fighting strength.

Still, in Japan, I think that Japan has much better skill than CTO in that area.

In the future I thought that if I could return to Japan and contribute to the Japanese society, Japan that is visible from the outside is bad.

What is bad, first aspect of politics.

Politics

The point that democracy is not fully functioning against the fact that there are stupid citizens who blind the LDP, such as Abe's descent.

That other party is also not good. Hope party? What is that lady like that disciple of Ru Ooshiba? Rou Koike?

The more you do not have it, the stupid will be clouded in katakana and psychology. You idiots, you guys say this. I love Katakana anyway, I love psychology, 100% I do not say big things. What is Y's Spending. Do not fix what you normally call katakana.

Since the political system is over in the first place, I think that it is the cause of failure of not receiving popular people, especially elderly people, only short-term and useless policies absolutely. So we will not attack only the LDP.

It is too fatal that politics is not rational and it is impossible to include the policy that should be done. Because it ends with poppiness if I can not vote.

Unfortunately, the trend of changing the political system probably will not happen if it fails.

In recent decades, politicians have accelerated the declining birthrate and aging society to a distortion with outlook on the preferential treatment for the elderly + measures against the declining birthrate.

The decline in Japan's birthrate and birthrate is partly spontaneous, but the world's low birthrate and aging society is not caused by natural phenomena.

There is not any future that putting all the energy to surrender the tax to the old man by tax free over medical care. It was already late when we were discussing whether a large amount of tax would be used due to politicians' old elderly votes or ten years ago, so it was already late, we have not corrected the orbit again so far I am going to politate on the same route.

An aged politician does not think about a short-circuiting policy, the future. Citizens delight in the immediate economic policy.

Grass grows now, as the nation 's collapse has become a reality.

If the declining birthrate and the aging population advanced at this pace as it is, the Japanese boat will sink in 20 years. Two years ago I thought I would have 30 years.

I gave up completely to Japan's politics. Defeated entertainment is not funny. I'm saying that it is japanese, but I do not dislike it. To give up means to accept failures.

Next is the aspect of business.

business

Did you have a business anywhere other than bidding? I do not have pieces of creativity. There is no further ethics.

What is it, Mercari or DeNA or moral business or something is a social sin. I just confused society, did not I? The country and the country came to know not ethics.

Ethics of the Japanese are lower than the Japanese think.

Although I derail for a while, accident happens in front of my eyes, the idiots who take pictures with smaho are not minorities at all Nationality is bad.

Even though there is service only where money is involved, do not say hospitality as if it were the national character of the Japanese.

It is not a minority to be a completely individualist society and people are troubled and help people.

At this time new creative business is born from one to the next. It is at an unthinkable pace in Japan. Of course, there are many doubtful businesses as to whether it will become money, but it is better than Japanese society where there is no brain except copying the business of another company at all.

So almost no company wants to work in Japan.

And the fall of the company. Almost no international competitiveness. Even large corporations will be crushed.

With this aging birthrate and declining birthrate, you can not contribute even to domestic demand with the elderly who can not see the future if it is full of old people.

There are no people with a declining birthrate. It seems that young people are supporting the LDP by thinking positively as being a seller's market completely.

There is only one person who is not merely a policy of an aging population declining birthrate. Your future is pitch dark.

Were I so stupid as to whom I thought of going back to Japan? What? It is certain that at least the field of view and experience has been much lower than it was now.

If I see myself two years ago, I feel mercy only now.

Indeed it is visible that it will collapse in another few decades Indeed it will not be possible to return to Japan.

Why do I have to board a sinking ship? Parents are the only team to surrender, only you are to protect yourself.

Originally I decided not to make children from the uncertain future of society, not myself. I think that choice was right.

Politician Now, if you are not stupid, it means that you are doing intentional bankruptcy activities.

It is good that you are only interested in being inspected. I do not know anymore.

At the very least, please try to make Japanese citizens work in the world. If the hurdle of labor visa goes down, then you will be able to do it if you have English proficiency.

I had a lot of hardships. Although it is inferior to native, I am working without problems.

Oh, I wanted to go back to Japan. . .

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Je travaille en tant qu'ingénieur dans le domaine informatique, mais j'ai réussi à le conserver pendant 2 ans.

Il n'est pas une telle chose comme toujours la confiance en soi, de se sentir même que ne naît pas la confiance en soi de la vie Nante, l'excellence de mes collègues.

Si vous ne le faites pas pour désespérée en réponse à l'désigné pour assignation, nous travaillons tous les jours avec le sentiment de bien pas étrange.

Pourtant, au Japon, je pense que le Japon a beaucoup plus de compétences que les CTO dans ce domaine.

À l'avenir, mais je pense que si vous pouvez contribuer à la société du Japon au Japon, le Japon visible de l'extérieur est dangereux.

Ce qui est mauvais, premier aspect de la politique.

Politique

Abe de Toka vers le bas, toujours contre qu'il ya des gens stupides que la foi aveugle du Parti libéral-démocrate, que la démocratie est pas pleinement fonctionnel.

Cette autre partie n'est pas non plus bonne. Parti de l'espoir? Quelle est cette dame comme ce disciple de Ru Ooshiba? Rou Koike?

Plus vous ne l'avez pas, le stupide sera couvert de katakana et de psychologie. Vous idiots, vous les gars dites ça. J'aime katakana de toute façon, j'aime la psychologie, 100% je ne dis pas de grandes choses. Qu'est-ce que les dépenses de Y? Ne réparez pas ce que vous appelez normalement katakana.

tout ce que je pense d'abord parce qu'ils ont terminé le système politique, la politique n'a reçu futile national tout à fait à court terme, surtout qu'il est la cause de l'échec est de ne pas recevoir les personnes âgées. Nous n'allons donc pas attaquer uniquement le PLD.

Il est trop fatal que la politique ne soit pas rationnelle et qu'il soit impossible d'inclure la politique qui devrait être faite. Parce qu'il se termine par poppiness si je ne peux pas voter.

Malheureusement, la tendance à changer le système politique ne se produira probablement pas si elle échoue.

Les quelques dernières décennies, je pense que les hommes politiques dans les politiques préférentielles âgées + baisse du taux de natalité ignoré, a été jusqu'à ce qu'une distorsion accélère du taux de natalité en déclin et vieillissement de la population.

Vieillissement de la population du Japon est dans une certaine mesure, il y a aussi une partie qui est présent naturellement dans le monde du faible taux de natalité et vieillissement de la population, je ne « s ce qui se passe dans les phénomènes naturels.

Il n'y a pas d'avenir qui mettrait toute l'énergie nécessaire pour rendre la taxe au vieil homme en franchise d'impôt sur les soins médicaux. Toka grande quantité d'impôt sera utilisé pour le vote des personnes âgées de commodité des politiciens, mais il était déjà trop tard quand je devais me parler Let « s quit bientôt il y a 10 ans, sans correction de cours de Murda, et jusqu'à présent Je vais politiser sur la même route.

Un politicien âgé ne pense pas à une politique de court-circuit, l'avenir. Les citoyens se complaisent dans la politique économique immédiate.

L'herbe pousse maintenant, alors que l'effondrement de la nation est devenu une réalité.

Je Coulez le navire japonais dans les 20 ans après Lorsque vous atteignez cet état déclin du taux de natalité et vieillissement de la population est maintenant de rythme. Il y a deux ans, je pensais avoir 30 ans.

J'ai complètement abandonné la politique japonaise. Le divertissement défait n'est pas drôle. Je dis que c'est japonais, mais je ne l'aime pas. Abandonner signifie accepter les échecs.

Ensuite, l'aspect de l'entreprise.

Affaires

Avez-vous eu une entreprise ailleurs que d'enchérir? Je n'ai pas de morceaux de créativité. Il n'y a plus d'éthique.

Qu'est-ce que c'est, Mercari ou DeNA ou une entreprise morale ou quelque chose est un péché social. Je viens de confondre la société, n'est-ce pas? Le pays et le pays ont appris à ne pas connaître l'éthique.

L'éthique des Japonais est inférieure à celle des Japonais.

Mais bon déraillé, passe accident devant les yeux, les caractéristiques nationales prennent des photos fool smartphone ne jamais minorité est dangereux.

Même s'il n'y a de service que là où l'argent est impliqué, ne dites pas l'hospitalité comme si c'était le caractère national des Japonais.

Ce n'est pas une minorité d'être une société complètement individualiste et les gens sont troublés et aident les gens.

A cette époque, de nouvelles activités créatives naissent de l'un à l'autre. C'est à un rythme impensable au Japon. Bien sûr, mais il y a beaucoup de savoir si des affaires suspectes devient l'argent, du tout que la société japonaise sans cerveau ne pouvoir copier une entreprise meilleur tiers.

Donc, presque aucune entreprise ne veut travailler au Japon.

Et la chute de l'entreprise. Presque pas de compétitivité internationale. Même les grandes entreprises seront écrasées.

Par cette population vieillissante est prêt, il ne peut pas contribuer encore à l'ancienne demande intérieure de l » homme ne peut pas voir l'avenir Une fois que vous devenez plein de personnes âgées.

Il n'y a pas de personnes dont le taux de natalité est en déclin. Il semble que les jeunes soutiennent le PLD en pensant positivement qu'il s'agit d'un marché de vente complet.

Il n'y a qu'une seule personne qui ne soit pas simplement une politique d'une population vieillissante déclinant la natalité. Ton avenir est sombre.

Étais-je si stupide que je pensais retourner au Japon? Quoi? Il est certain qu'au moins le champ de vision et l'expérience ont été beaucoup plus bas qu'aujourd'hui.

J'ai vu il y a deux ans leur propre maintenant, je ne sens rien, mais une autre miséricorde.

En effet, il est visible qu'il va s'effondrer dans quelques autres décennies En effet, il ne sera pas possible de revenir au Japon.

Pourquoi dois-je monter à bord d'un navire en train de couler? Mes parents peine de génération Nigekiri, devrions-nous défendre votre propre.

A l'origine, j'ai décidé de ne pas faire des enfants de l'avenir incertain de la société, pas moi-même. Je pense que ce choix était juste.

Maintenant, les politiciens, si vous les gars ne sont pas stupides, il va avoir une activité de faillite intentionnelle.

Il est bon que vous soyez seulement intéressé à être inspecté. Je ne sais plus.

À tout le moins, essayez de faire en sorte que les citoyens japonais travaillent dans le monde. Si l'obstacle de visa de travail tombe en panne, alors vous serez en mesure de le faire si vous avez des compétences en anglais.

J'ai eu beaucoup de difficultés. Bien qu'il soit inférieur à l'indigène, je travaille sans problèmes.

Oh, je voulais retourner au Japon. . .

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■スターウォーズやスタートレックでメートル法が採用されている理由にまつわる都市伝説

スターウォーズやスタートレックでメートル法が使われているのは「ヤード・ポンド法を採用するアメリカ人にとっては耳慣れないメートル法がSFっぽく感じるからだ」とするエピソードが広まっている。

これは、いまだにメートル法を採用しようとしないアメリカ人のズレた感覚への揶揄として、しばしば働いているようだ。

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/75795/why-does-star-trek-use-celsius-si-system-not-fahrenheit-the-imperial-system

しかし、たとえば上記のフォーラムを見てみると、そこで挙げられている考察の多くは、「未来社会ではメートル法が一般に用いられているであろう」という純粋な予測である。

国家が統合され宇宙にまで進出した人類が、アメリカにしか残っていないヤード・ポンド法を使っているほうがおかしい、という論理的な考証である。

Wikipediaの「合衆国のメートル法化」の項目にも以下のような記述がある。

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States

Cultural impact

The continuing use of U.S. customary units has caused writers to speculate in fiction set in the future about the adoption of the metric system. Many authors have assumed that the United States and the human race in general will use metric units; however, others have assumed the continued use of U.S. customary units or have neglected to take metrication into account. Writers sometimes use customary units simply because American readers and watchers will understand the measurements; other times, they are simply used by accident. The 1966 show Star Trek, for instance, initially used U.S. customary units despite multiple Earth national origins and a setting in the 23rd century. Later, starting with "The Changeling", metric measures were used, albeit inconsistently. Later sequels of the show, such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Enterprise (set in the 22nd century), used the metric system exclusively.

文化的影響

アメリカ合衆国の慣用単位の継続的な使用は、未来を舞台にしたフィクション作品において、メートル法の採用についての考察を作家たちに促してきました。多くの作家は、アメリカ合衆国および人類全体がメートル法を使用するだろうと予想していますが、他の作家はアメリカの慣用単位の継続使用を想定したり、メートル法への移行を考慮に入れなかったりしています。作家たちは、アメリカの読者や視聴者が測定単位を理解できるように慣用単位を使うことがありますが、時には単に意図せずに使っていることもあります。たとえば、1966年のテレビ番組『スター・トレック』は、23世紀を舞台にし、地球上のさまざまな国籍の人々が登場するにもかかわらず、当初はアメリカの慣用単位を使用していました。しかし、後に「変わり者」（"The Changeling"）というエピソードから、メートル法が使用されるようになりましたが、一貫性には欠けていました。その後の続編である『新スタートレック』（"Star Trek: The Next Generation"）や『スタートレック: エンタープライズ』（"Star Trek: Enterprise"、22世紀を舞台とした作品）では、メートル法が完全に採用されています。

アメリカ人がメートル法に「SFっぽさ」を感じているとしても、それは「人類が共通言語を話している」などの設定と似たような「SFっぽさ」であって、「耳慣れない」という理由ではおそらくないだろう。

「耳慣れないからSFっぽい」というエピソードは、面白おかしく誇張された与太話とみなすべきである。

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■http://anond.hatelabo.jp/20160123060259

On "morasu":

If you mean peeing inappropriately, "wet oneself" is the phrase. "Accident" is also often used for preschool kids.

If you mean pooping, I don't know a typical phrase. I've seen "poop oneself" but that doesn't seem popular. Diarrhea-like situation may be referred as anal leakage or fecal leakage.

Other usage of "morasu" (e.g. himitsu wo morasu) can be just said "to leak".

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■ギタリスト必聴！ギターリフが超絶カッコイイの記事のやつ

http://gitafan.com/useful/4819/
ちょっと HM/HR がイケてないので補完

Pantera から紹介するなら Cowboy from hell よりもこのへん

Walk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk

Becoming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ht3XGhlfYs

Metallica は王道はずしてきたのかなー・・・？

Master Of Puppets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnKhsTXoKCI

Iron Meiden は Trooper は間違いないけど、個人的には Aces high が好き

Aces high https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO6giM9UAv0

あとはギターキッズ御用達のポールギルバードは外してきた？Mr. Big か Racer X いれようぜ。

Mr. Big

Green Tinted Sixties Mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afJ8q-OQEwY

Racer X

Technical difficulties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkoPfV5tjWo

Scarified https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8ZcPpnAHYY

それから個人的に好きなもの補足

Angel of Death （Slayer） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_zsJ8KPP0

Bleed （MESHUGGAH） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc98u-eGzlc

Acid rain （Liquid Tension Experiment） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmo1VW_wA_o

Follow the reaper （Children of bodom） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuy2soxQj3w

Dead Eyes See No Future （Arch Enemy） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZHMLTrV2KI

Flat On The Floor （Nickelback） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noqoRl-9Y7k

Carry on （Angra） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn7y5ShTWWU

Youth Gone Wild （Skid Row） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jpf-eC-Xlk

Tiger punch （Hibria） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKPZBugBbgg

Same Direction （Hoobastank） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_UOL1-weMc

Accident （Alexisonfire） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMLfOfG7iJY

Song of the Damned （Soilwork） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twmLXr8EjpU

Come Forth My Dreadful One （Disarmonia Mundi） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BURUWXNAIv0

Pull me under （Dream theater） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGRgAULYgWE

Breaking the Habit （Linkin Park） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM

Punish My Heaven （Dark Tranquillity） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwuDhK_EV5k

Still Waiting （Sum 41） https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO-mSLxih-c

なんかざっくばらんに選んできたけど、リフで選ぶと難しいなー・・・これはリフじゃないだろって言われたらそうだなって思うし、だいたいコードによって似通ってくるから、（個人的に好きなもの）でくくるしかない・・・

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■教育と観光と啓蒙と

They insist the excursions, which are endorsed by the Ukrainian Government, are not ghoulish but instead are intended to educate visitors about the human and environmental disaster which occurred on April 26 1986 when reactor 4 exploded of the power plant exploded releasing large quantities of radioactive material into the atmosphere.

Visitors are taken inside the 20-mile exclusion zone are allowed to get to within 300-metres of the reactor itself which is now housed in a concrete sarcophagus and will remain highly radioactive for an estimated 20,000 years.

They also visit the nearby ghost town of Pripyat where most of the power station’s workers were housed at the time of the accident.

The entire 50,000 population was evacuated in the aftermath of the disaster leaving schools, shops and homes locked in a time warp of more than quarter of a century ago.

A bus then takes visitors through the so-called Red Forest, which was virtually completely destroyed after being exposed to massive levels of radiation.

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■「フクシマはチェルノブイリ越え」と言ってるトンデモさんにとどめの一撃

国産の情報は何でも隠蔽というが、海外報道なら信じる、しかし英語は読めない君らに捧げる。

英政府が福島第一原発の事故直後の３月上旬から下旬にかけ、放射線の放出が１９８６年のチェルノブイリ原発事故を上回ることを想定し、日本から到着した旅客への検査などを計画していたことが分かった。計画は結局、実施はされなかった。英紙ガーディアン電子版が２１日報じた。

http://www.asahi.com/special/10005/TKY201106210142.html

元記事はこちらな。

あと同じ記事から面白そうな箇所を。ちなみに逐語訳ではなく語順（つまり論理の流れ）をできるだけ保つように訳した。受験英語みたいな杓子定規を適用して「誤訳」と言わないように。実際、受験英語流に訳しても意味は変わらないよ。

Even in this worst case scenario though, the accident was expected to cause less harm than Chernobyl, where the reactor's burning graphite core threw radioactive material high into the atmosphere, and local populations were not evacuated quickly or barred from consuming contaminated milk and other products.

訳：ただしこのような（訳注：チェルノブイリより大量の放射能放出がある）最悪の場合でも、被害はチェルノブイリより下になると予測された。チェルノブイリでは燃え上がる黒鉛が放射性物質を大気中に放出した上、付近住民の非難も牛乳その他の汚染物質の規制も行われなかったからである。

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■川崎市の汚染瓦礫受け入れについてBBCにメールしてみた

英訳するの前提で日本語書いてたら不自然になったけど。

変な英文しか書けないけど。

殆どGoogle先生にお願いしたけど。

まあいいよね。

Please help us to protest, please!

Hello. I am a Japanese womanlives in Tokyo. I am now pregnant.

I am deeply grateful for the BBC to the report on serious accident of the nuclear power plant of first in Fukushima.

Because Japanese mainstream media did not report radioactive contamination seriously.

To happen is a new serious problem in Japan now. Would you cooperate with us?

Is about to be burned debris contaminated radioactive material In Kawasaki City, next to Tokyo.

This debris brings from Fukushima.

If this debris is incinerated in Kawasaki, it would be contaminated by radioactive material to the entire Kanto region.

This problem has been determined at the discretion of the Mayor of Kawasaki City, Takao Abe.

Of course, citizens in Kawasaki are protesting against Kawasaki to accept the debris.

This public protests over two thousand.

However, the mayor is ignoring this protest.

It is an act that violates the right to life of its inhabitants.

We want to stop the radioactive contamination of children and pregnant women and young men and women in Japan.

But, Japanese government has not come up with something even while knowing that measures have been flooded with protests in Kawasaki City.

Japan's mainstream media are not widely reported this problem.

There is no time to start burning debris.

Kawasaki City commented on the transport of debris to begin in April.

Please take this issue on BBC.

Now, many foreigners are in Kawasaki and Tokyo and the Kanto region.

Also spans the risk of radioactive contamination on them.

This issue is no longer just for the Japanese.

Please take this matter greatly on BBC networks.

In Japan today, keeping a close eye on this issue for some Internet users.

But many Japanese are indifferent to this issue.

Thanks for your reading.

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The report of this issue in Japan

http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc&k=2011041500649

(Transration)

http://www47.atwiki.jp/pboxdro?cmd=upload&act=open&pageid=30&file=jiji+english.txt

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どうか私たちに協力してください！

はじめまして。私は東京に住む妊婦です。

福島第一原子力発電所に関するBBCの報道に深く感謝しています。

なぜなら日本の大手マスコミは放射能汚染を深刻に報道していないからです。

今日本で新しい深刻な問題が起きようとしています。私達に協力していただけませんか？

東京に近い川崎という町で放射性物質に汚染された瓦礫が燃やされようとしています。

この瓦礫は福島から運ばれてきます。

もし川崎でこの瓦礫が焼却された場合、関東地方全体が放射性物質によって汚染されてしまいます。

この問題は川崎市長の専決で事態が推移しています。もちろん川崎市民は瓦礫を受け入れることに対して抗議しています。抗議は2千件超えています。しかし川崎市長はこの市民の声を無視しています。

この部分は英訳してない

川崎市長は非常に重大なミスを犯しています。

・安全基準を明確に策定していない

・具体的な検査方法を策定していない

・数千件分の市民からの抗議を無視し強行しようとしている

・4月中にも貨物列車を使って汚染された瓦礫を運ぼうとしている

市の担当者は汚染された瓦礫を燃やさないと答えているが、福島は現在ほぼ全ての地域で土壌汚染が確認されています。

つまり、現在の状況から、検査されていない汚染された瓦礫が運ばれることを避けることができません。

日本の子どもや妊婦や若い男女がこれ以上放射性物質に汚染されることを避けたいのです。

しかし日本政府は川崎市に抗議が殺到していることを知りながら何の対策も打ち出していません。

大手マスコミも全く報道しません。

瓦礫の焼却が始まるまでに時間がありません。

川崎市は4月中に瓦礫の移送を始めるとコメントしています。

どうかBBCでもこの問題を取り上げてください。

そして私たちの抗議を取り上げてください。

関東に残っている外国人も多くいます。

どうかこのことを大きく取り上げてください。

今日本では心あるネットユーザーしかこの問題を問題視していません。

最後まで読んでいただきありがとうございました。

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この問題を扱った日本の記事です。

http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc&k=2011041500649

(英訳したものです)

http://www47.atwiki.jp/pboxdro?cmd=upload&act=open&pageid=30&file=jiji+english.txt

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■Japan is killed only by you.

People all over the world think that Japan is ruined by nuclear accident. But that’s not true. We know the seriousness of the nuclear accident, but don’t despair. Nuclear can’t kill us.

In 1945, A-bomb killed many people and reduced cities to ruins. But in the cities, trains restarted to run after only 3 days. People returned to and rebuilt the cities soon. 5 years after, additionally, a professional baseball team was established at the cities. Now Hiroshima and Nagasaki become leading cities in Japan. We declare again, nuclear can’t kill us.

But if people avoid made-in-Japan product by harmful rumor, Japan is ruined, really.

We understand your wish for saving your loved one from radioactivity. We promise to respond your wish in a sincere manner and concentrate on ensuring product safety. Instead, we want you to respond our wish.

In 2011, we are rebuilding cities, slowly but surely. We believe reconstruction of our homeland.

Earthquake can’t kill us. Nuclear can’t kill us. We are killed only by you.

世界中の人々が、原発事故によって日本が破滅したと考えている。しかしそれは誤りだ。私達は原発事故を深刻に受け止めているが、絶望していない。核は私達を殺せない。

1945年、原子爆弾によって多くの人々が死に、街は廃墟となった。しかしたった3日後、街に電車が走った。人々はすぐに街に戻り、街を再建した。数年後には街でプロ野球チームが結成された。今では、広島と長崎とはともに日本有数の大都市となった。繰り返す。核は私達を殺せない。

しかしもし風評被害によって日本製品が買われなくなれば、日本は破滅する。

世界中の人々が、自分が愛する人々を放射能から護りたいと考えていることを、私達は理解している。私達は、あなた達の願いを最大限尊重し、私達の製品の安全性を確保するために尽力せねばならない。そのかわりあなた方には、私達の願いに応えてほしい。

2011年、私達は少しずつ、しかし確実に、復興に向けて進んでいる。私達は祖国の復活を信じている。

地震は私達を殺せない。核は私達を殺せない。あなた方だけが私達を殺せるのだ。

I pray that people all over the world read this text.

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■【福島原子力発電所】CNN のコメント欄 MITの科学者の見解2【東日本巨大地震】

When the diesel generators were gone, the reactor operators switched to emergency battery power. The batteries were designed as one of the backups to the backups, to provide power for cooling the core for 8 hours. And they did.

Within the 8 hours, another power source had to be found and connected to the power plant. The power grid was down due to the earthquake. The diesel generators were destroyed by the tsunami. So mobile diesel generators were trucked in.

This is where things started to go seriously wrong. The external power generators could not be connected to the power plant (the plugs did not fit). So after the batteries ran out, the residual heat could not be carried away any more.

At this point the plant operators begin to follow emergency procedures that are in place for a “loss of cooling event”. It is again a step along the “Depth of Defense” lines. The power to the cooling systems should never have failed completely, but it did, so they “retreat” to the next line of defense. All of this, however shocking it seems to us, is part of the day-to-day training you go through as an operator, right through to managing a core meltdown.

It was at this stage that people started to talk about core meltdown. Because at the end of the day, if cooling cannot be restored, the core will eventually melt (after hours or days), and the last line of defense, the core catcher and third containment, would come into play.

But the goal at this stage was to manage the core while it was heating up, and ensure that the first containment (the Zircaloy tubes that contains the nuclear fuel), as well as the second containment (our pressure cooker) remain intact and operational for as long as possible, to give the engineers time to fix the cooling systems.

Because cooling the core is such a big deal, the reactor has a number of cooling systems, each in multiple versions (the reactor water cleanup system, the decay heat removal, the reactor core isolating cooling, the standby liquid cooling system, and the emergency core cooling system). Which one failed when or did not fail is not clear at this point in time.

So imagine our pressure cooker on the stove, heat on low, but on. The operators use whatever cooling system capacity they have to get rid of as much heat as possible, but the pressure starts building up. The priority now is to maintain integrity of the first containment (keep temperature of the fuel rods below 2200°C), as well as the second containment, the pressure cooker. In order to maintain integrity of the pressure cooker (the second containment), the pressure has to be released from time to time. Because the ability to do that in an emergency is so important, the reactor has 11 pressure release valves. The operators now started venting steam from time to time to control the pressure. The temperature at this stage was about 550°C.

This is when the reports about “radiation leakage” starting coming in. I believe I explained above why venting the steam is theoretically the same as releasing radiation into the environment, but why it was and is not dangerous. The radioactive nitrogen as well as the noble gases do not pose a threat to human health.

At some stage during this venting, the explosion occurred. The explosion took place outside of the third containment (our “last line of defense”), and the reactor building. Remember that the reactor building has no function in keeping the radioactivity contained. It is not entirely clear yet what has happened, but this is the likely scenario: The operators decided to vent the steam from the pressure vessel not directly into the environment, but into the space between the third containment and the reactor building (to give the radioactivity in the steam more time to subside). The problem is that at the high temperatures that the core had reached at this stage, water molecules can “disassociate” into oxygen and hydrogen – an explosive mixture. And it did explode, outside the third containment, damaging the reactor building around. It was that sort of explosion, but inside the pressure vessel (because it was badly designed and not managed properly by the operators) that lead to the explosion of Chernobyl. This was never a risk at Fukushima. The problem of hydrogen-oxygen formation is one of the biggies when you design a power plant (if you are not Soviet, that is), so the reactor is build and operated in a way it cannot happen inside the containment. It happened outside, which was not intended but a possible scenario and OK, because it did not pose a risk for the containment.

So the pressure was under control, as steam was vented. Now, if you keep boiling your pot, the problem is that the water level will keep falling and falling. The core is covered by several meters of water in order to allow for some time to pass (hours, days) before it gets exposed. Once the rods start to be exposed at the top, the exposed parts will reach the critical temperature of 2200 °C after about 45 minutes. This is when the first containment, the Zircaloy tube, would fail.

And this started to happen. The cooling could not be restored before there was some (very limited, but still) damage to the casing of some of the fuel. The nuclear material itself was still intact, but the surrounding Zircaloy shell had started melting. What happened now is that some of the byproducts of the uranium decay – radioactive Cesium and Iodine – started to mix with the steam. The big problem, uranium, was still under control, because the uranium oxide rods were good until 3000 °C. It is confirmed that a very small amount of Cesium and Iodine was measured in the steam that was released into the atmosphere.

It seems this was the “go signal” for a major plan B. The small amounts of Cesium that were measured told the operators that the first containment on one of the rods somewhere was about to give. The Plan A had been to restore one of the regular cooling systems to the core. Why that failed is unclear. One plausible explanation is that the tsunami also took away / polluted all the clean water needed for the regular cooling systems.

The water used in the cooling system is very clean, demineralized (like distilled) water. The reason to use pure water is the above mentioned activation by the neutrons from the Uranium: Pure water does not get activated much, so stays practically radioactive-free. Dirt or salt in the water will absorb the neutrons quicker, becoming more radioactive. This has no effect whatsoever on the core – it does not care what it is cooled by. But it makes life more difficult for the operators and mechanics when they have to deal with activated (i.e. slightly radioactive) water.

But Plan A had failed – cooling systems down or additional clean water unavailable – so Plan B came into effect. This is what it looks like happened:

In order to prevent a core meltdown, the operators started to use sea water to cool the core. I am not quite sure if they flooded our pressure cooker with it (the second containment), or if they flooded the third containment, immersing the pressure cooker. But that is not relevant for us.

The point is that the nuclear fuel has now been cooled down. Because the chain reaction has been stopped a long time ago, there is only very little residual heat being produced now. The large amount of cooling water that has been used is sufficient to take up that heat. Because it is a lot of water, the core does not produce sufficient heat any more to produce any significant pressure. Also, boric acid has been added to the seawater. Boric acid is “liquid control rod”. Whatever decay is still going on, the Boron will capture the neutrons and further speed up the cooling down of the core.

The plant came close to a core meltdown. Here is the worst-case scenario that was avoided: If the seawater could not have been used for treatment, the operators would have continued to vent the water steam to avoid pressure buildup. The third containment would then have been completely sealed to allow the core meltdown to happen without releasing radioactive material. After the meltdown, there would have been a waiting period for the intermediate radioactive materials to decay inside the reactor, and all radioactive particles to settle on a surface inside the containment. The cooling system would have been restored eventually, and the molten core cooled to a manageable temperature. The containment would have been cleaned up on the inside. Then a messy job of removing the molten core from the containment would have begun, packing the (now solid again) fuel bit by bit into transportation containers to be shipped to processing plants. Depending on the damage, the block of the plant would then either be repaired or dismantled.

Now, where does that leave us?

・The plant is safe now and will stay safe.

・Japan is looking at an INES Level 4 Accident: Nuclear accident with local consequences. That is bad for the company that owns the plant, but not for anyone else.

・Some radiation was released when the pressure vessel was vented. All radioactive isotopes from the activated steam have gone (decayed). A very small amount of Cesium was released, as well as Iodine. If you were sitting on top of the plants’ chimney when they were venting, you should probably give up smoking to return to your former life expectancy. The Cesium and Iodine isotopes were carried out to the sea and will never be seen again.

・There was some limited damage to the first containment. That means that some amounts of radioactive Cesium and Iodine will also be released into the cooling water, but no Uranium or other nasty stuff (the Uranium oxide does not “dissolve” in the water). There are facilities for treating the cooling water inside the third containment. The radioactive Cesium and Iodine will be removed there and eventually stored as radioactive waste in terminal storage.

・The seawater used as cooling water will be activated to some degree. Because the control rods are fully inserted, the Uranium chain reaction is not happening. That means the “main” nuclear reaction is not happening, thus not contributing to the activation. The intermediate radioactive materials (Cesium and Iodine) are also almost gone at this stage, because the Uranium decay was stopped a long time ago. This further reduces the activation. The bottom line is that there will be some low level of activation of the seawater, which will also be removed by the treatment facilities.

・The seawater will then be replaced over time with the “normal” cooling water

・The reactor core will then be dismantled and transported to a processing facility, just like during a regular fuel change.

・Fuel rods and the entire plant will be checked for potential damage. This will take about 4-5 years.

・The safety systems on all Japanese plants will be upgraded to withstand a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami (or worse)

・I believe the most significant problem will be a prolonged power shortage. About half of Japan’s nuclear reactors will probably have to be inspected, reducing the nation’s power generating capacity by 15%. This will probably be covered by running gas power plants that are usually only used for peak loads to cover some of the base load as well. That will increase your electricity bill, as well as lead to potential power shortages during peak demand, in Japan.

If you want to stay informed, please forget the usual media outlets and consult the following websites:

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Battle_to_stabilise_earthquake_reactors_1203111.html

http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/12/japan-nuclear-earthquake/

http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2011/03/11/media-updates-on-nuclear-power-stations-in-japan/

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