Pump failure nearly brings No. 5 to a boil

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The seawater pump in the cooling system for the Fukushima power plant's No. 5 reactor broke down Saturday evening, prompting repair crews to install a backup pump 15 hours later on Sunday afternoon, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

Tepco discovered the pump had stopped at 9 p.m. Saturday but didn't announce it to the public until Sunday morning.

The beleaguered utility said it notified the local and central governments of the situation on Saturday evening.

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1. TEPCO are the epitome of a corporation which doesn't mind you dying to cover their ass.

These guys really don't give a fuck who's throat they slit, as long as they announce they're "sorry" for doing it at the next press conference. This is absolutely gross negligence in a critical situation involving an astronomical impact on human life and property.

The Japanese government, so far, has made the dealings of our own government during the BP oil gusher crisis look astoundingly commanding.

They're already doing their version of "Junk Shots" with cement and resin and I have little doubt they will continue to be willfully negligent until until control of the company is literally taken away from them.

PB