Mark I reactors store spent fuel in two concrete pools above the reactor chamber

[kristopher]

This blog has a good set of graphics and you can see that storage for spent fuel looks to be extremely vulnerable to the damage done by the hydrogen explosion.

Would there have been fuel in the pools? If so was it perhaps removed?

Where is it?

ETA Link:
http://uvdiv.blogspot.com/

Ooops.

[kristopher]

1. Link added.

http://uvdiv.blogspot.com/

[jannyk]

2. Kick & Rec! Hope someone can answer.

[Cetacea]

3. K&R

[Paradoxical]

4. That is not spent fuel storage.

It is used during refueling to store the replacement fuel and temporarily store the replaced fuel.

The spent fuel is stored in dry casks on site.

Similar to this...

[leveymg]

7. Where are the storage casks? There was an "after" photo yesterday. Are they still in place?

[Paradoxical]

8. I haven't the slightest idea where they are.

I've tried looking at photos of the plant and I can't locate the casks. They are usually stored in a separate area on the premises.

Based on the damage to the rest of the plant, they could be anywhere. They could be sitting in the middle of a town 5 miles inland or at the bottom of the ocean.

[leveymg]

9. Exactly. That's the real problem with this stuff.

Keeping track of and control over nuclear waste.

[divvy]

11. They are also stored on site.

Maybe he is referring to this

[Confusious]

5. Really. Is this cause fear?

assuming this is the same layout.

Ass*uming. Doesn't look like it does it.

Geiger counters all over, and no one can detect super hot rods. Really.

Reactor was modified to take MOX fuel. Don't think they changed things around. really.

Reactor specs get changed all the times, one of the things you complain about. really.

[Paradoxical]

6. The OP is wrong. Can we get a correction here?

Or are we just going to let yet another lie sit on this forum and fester?

[Rex]

10. You need a timeout?

[kristopher]

12. Perhaps you could post your retraction of this accusation here?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=639439&mesg_id=639573

PS the site in the OP has great aerial photos of the Fukushima site