MsMilkytheclown | Fukushima Nuclear Reactor #1 Update 10/10/12 @MsMilkytheclown | Uploaded August 2016 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
TEPCO: Water level high enough to cool reactor-1
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/2...
The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says melted fuel at the bottom of the No.1 reactor is being kept cool. Tokyo Electric Power Company says its latest probe reveals the water level in the reactor's containment vessel is at 2.8 meters - enough to stop the fuel from overheating.
TEPCO used endoscopes to look inside the vessel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Footage from the probe shows steam in the vessel but no dripping water. That means damaging humidity is lower than in an earlier test on the No.2 reactor.
But the footage highlights problems. The surface of scaffolding inside the container vessel is corroded. The probe revealed a 30-centimeter long metal rod lying on the scaffold and polluted water underneath.
TEPCO says it detected radiation of over 11 sieverts per hour in some parts of the container. That's high enough to kill in 40 minutes of exposure.
But it adds that melted fuel rods lying at the bottom of the reactor are stable, thanks to the water level.
The find means that TEPCO's schedule for decommissioning the reactor is still on course.
However, other information contradicts this report...
Tepco workers "unable to find water level" in Reactor No. 1 containment vessel — "Some damage was found" (PHOTO)
enenews.com/tepco-unable-to-find-the-water-in-reactor-no-1-containment-vessel-some-damage-was-found-photo
It's been a while since I did an update, so here are the Enenews headlines for the last few days:
Latest Headlines: enenews.com
Sinkhole Meeting: I can't tell you how we're going to stop crude oil from coming to surface — I don't have any kind of answer — Turning to international experts for help (VIDEO)
Fukushima Tapes: "This is a suicide corps... We can't vent Unit 2... this is like the end" — Released recording ends soon after (VIDEO)
Shiny, golden material seen coating pipes and surfaces inside Fukushima Unit 1 containment vessel (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
State Scientists: Crude oil may be penetrating aquifer around giant sinkhole — Contamination of aquifer is certainly being looked at... that's all I can say (VIDEO)
Oil 'covering' sinkhole area? (PHOTO)
New footage inside Fukushima Unit 1 containment vessel — Thick steam, blackened piping (PHOTOS & VIDEO )
Mystery Continues: 'Difficult to determine' location of melted fuel during Unit 1 investigation, says Tepco — Radiation dose highest at top of containment vessel
Video: Radioactivity of 14,600 Bq/m2 in rice paddy soil far from Fukushima plant —
Gov't experts now admitting "crude oil" is what's in giant sinkhole, not diesel — Oil likely coming up side of salt dome
Fukushima Worker: Some people not being given food, have no place to go — "We can work only momentarily... It can't progress... we always need new workers" (AUDIO)
"Second Coming of Macondo Oil": Beach closures still in effect since Isaac — Orange-yellow sand — Expert says this is 'new normal' for Gulf
State Officials: 'Elevated' hydrocarbon readings on residential street 1,000s of feet from sinkhole — Levels previously so high, sheriff threatened public with arrest for tampering with monitors
60km from Fukushima Plant: Kids walk to school each day on road contaminated with radioactivity of 70,000 Bq/m2 (VIDEO)
Officials: "Deep natural formation" may be source of gas around giant sinkhole — Fears it could reach surface at explosive levels
Officials: 500 square feet falls into giant sinkhole — Towards pipeline on SW side — Clean up halted
Massive mushroom-like cloud in Russia after 'spontaneous missile explosion' — Shockwave caught on film, felt 25 miles away — Entire town in plumes of black smoke — "No nuclear arms involved" -- No risk to public, public evacuated (VIDEOS)
Tepco workers "unable to find water level" in Reactor No. 1 containment vessel — "Some damage was found" (PHOTO)
'High Temperature Incinerator Building' onsite at Fukushima Daiichi — Across from 'Incineration Workshop' (PHOTO)
Japan Legal Expert: Another nuclear accident will mean no future for country — You and us are taking on the most important issue, be confident in yourselves and spread this movement further (VIDEO)
KATC: "Sinkhole Concerns Surface at Lake Peigneur" 50 miles away — "There's bubbling on the south side... white foam" — Scientists yet to determine cause (VIDEOS)
TV: Unknown gas trapped in giant sinkhole sparks new concern — Vent wells being dug in the 4-acre slurry (VIDEO)
Legal Expert on Sinkhole: "Incredibly dangerous situation" — Local officials very concerned gas could burst through ground with explosive force (VIDEO)
TEPCO: Water level high enough to cool reactor-1
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/2...
The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says melted fuel at the bottom of the No.1 reactor is being kept cool. Tokyo Electric Power Company says its latest probe reveals the water level in the reactor's containment vessel is at 2.8 meters - enough to stop the fuel from overheating.
TEPCO used endoscopes to look inside the vessel at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Footage from the probe shows steam in the vessel but no dripping water. That means damaging humidity is lower than in an earlier test on the No.2 reactor.
But the footage highlights problems. The surface of scaffolding inside the container vessel is corroded. The probe revealed a 30-centimeter long metal rod lying on the scaffold and polluted water underneath.
TEPCO says it detected radiation of over 11 sieverts per hour in some parts of the container. That's high enough to kill in 40 minutes of exposure.
But it adds that melted fuel rods lying at the bottom of the reactor are stable, thanks to the water level.
The find means that TEPCO's schedule for decommissioning the reactor is still on course.
However, other information contradicts this report...
Tepco workers "unable to find water level" in Reactor No. 1 containment vessel — "Some damage was found" (PHOTO)
enenews.com/tepco-unable-to-find-the-water-in-reactor-no-1-containment-vessel-some-damage-was-found-photo
It's been a while since I did an update, so here are the Enenews headlines for the last few days:
Latest Headlines: enenews.com
Sinkhole Meeting: I can't tell you how we're going to stop crude oil from coming to surface — I don't have any kind of answer — Turning to international experts for help (VIDEO)
Fukushima Tapes: "This is a suicide corps... We can't vent Unit 2... this is like the end" — Released recording ends soon after (VIDEO)
Shiny, golden material seen coating pipes and surfaces inside Fukushima Unit 1 containment vessel (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
State Scientists: Crude oil may be penetrating aquifer around giant sinkhole — Contamination of aquifer is certainly being looked at... that's all I can say (VIDEO)
Oil 'covering' sinkhole area? (PHOTO)
New footage inside Fukushima Unit 1 containment vessel — Thick steam, blackened piping (PHOTOS & VIDEO )
Mystery Continues: 'Difficult to determine' location of melted fuel during Unit 1 investigation, says Tepco — Radiation dose highest at top of containment vessel
Video: Radioactivity of 14,600 Bq/m2 in rice paddy soil far from Fukushima plant —
Gov't experts now admitting "crude oil" is what's in giant sinkhole, not diesel — Oil likely coming up side of salt dome
Fukushima Worker: Some people not being given food, have no place to go — "We can work only momentarily... It can't progress... we always need new workers" (AUDIO)
"Second Coming of Macondo Oil": Beach closures still in effect since Isaac — Orange-yellow sand — Expert says this is 'new normal' for Gulf
State Officials: 'Elevated' hydrocarbon readings on residential street 1,000s of feet from sinkhole — Levels previously so high, sheriff threatened public with arrest for tampering with monitors
60km from Fukushima Plant: Kids walk to school each day on road contaminated with radioactivity of 70,000 Bq/m2 (VIDEO)
Officials: "Deep natural formation" may be source of gas around giant sinkhole — Fears it could reach surface at explosive levels
Officials: 500 square feet falls into giant sinkhole — Towards pipeline on SW side — Clean up halted
Massive mushroom-like cloud in Russia after 'spontaneous missile explosion' — Shockwave caught on film, felt 25 miles away — Entire town in plumes of black smoke — "No nuclear arms involved" -- No risk to public, public evacuated (VIDEOS)
Tepco workers "unable to find water level" in Reactor No. 1 containment vessel — "Some damage was found" (PHOTO)
'High Temperature Incinerator Building' onsite at Fukushima Daiichi — Across from 'Incineration Workshop' (PHOTO)
Japan Legal Expert: Another nuclear accident will mean no future for country — You and us are taking on the most important issue, be confident in yourselves and spread this movement further (VIDEO)
KATC: "Sinkhole Concerns Surface at Lake Peigneur" 50 miles away — "There's bubbling on the south side... white foam" — Scientists yet to determine cause (VIDEOS)
TV: Unknown gas trapped in giant sinkhole sparks new concern — Vent wells being dug in the 4-acre slurry (VIDEO)
Legal Expert on Sinkhole: "Incredibly dangerous situation" — Local officials very concerned gas could burst through ground with explosive force (VIDEO)
