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
muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)4dsc
(5,787 posts)The Nos. 1 to 3 reactors have suffered meltdowns
Esse Quam Videri
(685 posts)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)it's the political forces that are encumbering it from being released.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Physicist: Unit 2 completely liquified, 100% liquification of uranium core
Weve 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, dont 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 didnt 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/