Thu May 24, 2012, 05:07 AM

villager (18,986 posts)

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

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Thu May 24, 2012, 06:00 AM

muriel_volestrangler (65,345 posts)

1. Same report, but not clipped for non-subscribers, here:

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120523p2g00m0dm065000c.html

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Thu May 24, 2012, 07:11 AM

4dsc (5,162 posts)

2. Check out the last line

The Nos. 1 to 3 reactors have suffered meltdowns

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Thu May 24, 2012, 08:00 AM

Esse Quam Videri (556 posts)

3. So it may be okay then.....

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?

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Thu May 24, 2012, 11:47 AM

Javaman (40,628 posts)

6. They probably have the endo done...

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

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Thu May 24, 2012, 12:03 PM

dixiegrrrrl (30,819 posts)

7. Not only that.."Unit 2 completely liquified, 100% liquification of uranium core —"

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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Thu May 24, 2012, 08:06 AM

intaglio (4,639 posts)

4. Awaiting an intervention from Hobiton in 3 .. 2 .. 1 n/t

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Thu May 24, 2012, 08:59 AM

stonecutter357 (249 posts)

5. K&R...

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