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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    Amazing links liam. Thanks a bunch! It will certainly come in handy! Edit: Jiduh, I know you are right and I think that the links liam posted will suffice. As for food and drink I really have no idea what to do eithr than staying off fish for now and generally sticking to imported foodstuff...
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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    I might be a bit overreacting but I am thinking of doing that since I live in Tokyo and I am getting bombarded with different opinions concerning safety/leaving/staying. The problem is that when I checked the internet for ordering through there, everything everywhere seems to be sold out or...
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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    It seems that plutonium was detected at the soil near the plant http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/81609.html Why is it mentioned as separate news? What is the significance of it?
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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    Thank you all for your information and opinions on the situation. It really is not looking good, and as you all said it basically boils down to personal choice whether to leave Tokyo or stay. For now at least it seems safe to drink tap water with 51 Bq/kg (having fallen more since yesterday's 71...
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    Japan Earthquake: Nuclear Plants at Fukushima Daiichi

    Hello all, I am a graduate student of the University of Tokyo, from Greece and am currently living in Tokyo. I am studying precision engineering there (electronics/robotics). I have to admit I am overwhelmed by the things I hear both from the news and from various websites. We were told that...
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    Saltwater voltage source question

    Hello! Thanks for the reply. I am using exactly 10 cells. I will try to increase their number and see if it will then light the LED. Thanks. As for the fuse of course I have solder, just need a screwdriver to fit and remove the screws from the multimeter. I have another question though...
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    Saltwater voltage source question

    Hello all, I am just a guy playing around. I was trying to see if I understood correctly what electrolytes were, so I set out to make a simple "battery" out of saltwater. It has been done before many times and I thought I could at least make it light an LED. Here it is ...
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    Creating electromagnets questions

    Thank you very much for your reply and for your links. One last question. Since as I said above I find myself needing more and more physics would you or any other person in here have a good book in physics , (starting from classical physics offcourse) to suggest? I read the special forum...
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    Creating electromagnets questions

    Hello all, I am a computer science graduate who has gotten involved in robotics a lot lately. I am finding myself getting more and more mechanical/physics related questions in my mind, such as this one. The question is: I know how to create an electromagnet by wrapping a big wire around a...
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