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villager

(26,001 posts)
Thu May 24, 2012, 05:07 AM May 2012

Water inside Fukushima No. 1 reactor may be only 40 cm deep

Source: Kyodo news

Water inside Fukushima No. 1 reactor may be only 40 cm deep

An analysis by the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization has shown that the level of the water filling the crippled No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may be far lower than estimated by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., officials of the organization said Tuesday.

The organization of nuclear experts estimated that the water in the primary containment vessel is only 40 centimeters deep. The utility known as TEPCO has estimated the water level to be about 1.9 meters.

Not disputed is the fact coolant water injected into the reactor is leaking as a result of the accident at the plant. JNES officials noted there are ''uncertainties'' in their analysis.

Read more: http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/05/159560.html

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Water inside Fukushima No. 1 reactor may be only 40 cm deep (Original Post) villager May 2012 OP
Same report, but not clipped for non-subscribers, here: muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #1
Check out the last line 4dsc May 2012 #2
So it may be okay then..... Esse Quam Videri May 2012 #3
They probably have the endo done... Javaman May 2012 #6
Not only that.."Unit 2 completely liquified, 100% liquification of uranium core —" dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #7
Awaiting an intervention from Hobiton in 3 .. 2 .. 1 n/t intaglio May 2012 #4
K&R... stonecutter357 May 2012 #5

Esse Quam Videri

(685 posts)
3. So it may be okay then.....
Thu May 24, 2012, 08:00 AM
May 2012

Some reports I have seen say the cores may be a half mile deep at this point so really no need for cooling water as there is nothing to cool. In all seriousness, the extreme circumstances at No.3 reactor may be derived from the fact that they said they may have the "endoscopy" of the reactor done by the end of the year. End of the year? WTF?

Javaman

(62,442 posts)
6. They probably have the endo done...
Thu May 24, 2012, 11:47 AM
May 2012

it's the political forces that are encumbering it from being released.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. Not only that.."Unit 2 completely liquified, 100% liquification of uranium core —"
Thu May 24, 2012, 12:03 PM
May 2012

Physicist: Unit 2 completely liquified, 100% liquification of uranium core —
“We’ve never seen this before in the history of nuclear power”
(VIDEO)
http://enenews.com/professor-shocked-core-completely-liquified-left-hook-remaining-collapsed-core-chernobyl-partial-meltdown-video

CNN video:
"KAKU: In the last two weeks, everything we knew about that accident has been turned upside down. We were told three partial melt downs, don’t worry about it. Now we know it was 100 percent core melt in all three reactors. Radiation minimal that was released. Now we know it was comparable to radiation at Chernobyl. [...]

ROMANS: In your view, did they not know how bad it was or they knew and didn’t tell [...]

KAKU: [...] We knew it was much more severe than they were saying, because radiation was coming out left and right. So in other words, they lied to us. [...]"
http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/21/fukushima-still-a-ticking-time-bomb/

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