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Sea water in the reactor

Describing a vain, last-ditch effort to resolve a hopeless problem, often borne out of desperation. The measure normally has little to no chance of preventing an adverse result, and is often little more than a token display of action by the responsible party.

Refers to the effort by authorities to use sea water to flood damaged reactors at the Fukushima Nuclear plant in March 2011. Although no viable options presented themselves in the face of impending meltdown, the gambit to use sea water had little chance of success and in fact ran the risk of producing flammabile hydrogren as a byproduct.
From fifty five yards out and with the wind in their face, the team's decision to kick a last minute field goal was little more than sea water in the reactor.

When the near-bankrupt company tried to find a buyer for its worthless assets, almost all observers saw the move as being no better than running sea water through the reactor, and that insolvency was unavoidable.
by hammertime0101 March 31, 2011
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Sea-face

sea-face: adj. someone that is salty, aka. shady acts, or looks shady.
Bill told me he wasnt getting extra time but that sea-face wasnt in the final
That old man that hangs out near the girls bathroom is a sea-face
by master of the seven seas July 19, 2011
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Sea-Billy

Sea Billy's are very much like their sister kissing, 23 and still in 3rd grade, counterparts the Hill-Billy's. Sea Billy's often occupy the small coastal towns as opposed to middle America. Their presence is usually accompanied by banjo music, Keystone Ice cans and underage pregnancy.
Oh, shit. I hear banjos, and there's a pregnant 12 year old. Here come the Sea-Billy's. Lets pay up and go to a different bar. Last time we drink in Shelter Cove, CA
by stinkyfinger007 November 26, 2011
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sea turtling

When one lays face down in the sand spread eagle, digs a hole, throws up in it, buries it and then proceeds to keep drinking.
Kelsey is sea turtling, time for the second part of the party.
by FriendOfSeaTurtling August 14, 2013
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Sea Cheetah

A promiscuous, intoxicated woman with to much makeup,
I don't know about that woman she looks rough, straight sea cheetah...
by jdazza September 6, 2013
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sea waste

waste from the sea of waste that is the sea
Sea Waste is waste from the sea of waste that is the sea.
by crev man September 12, 2013
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sea load

"That girl sure can take a sea load"
by mindinthegutter December 4, 2013
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