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Japan: Heavy equipment falls into Fukushima reactor pool
Japan Today ^
| Aug. 30, 2014
Posted on 08/30/2014 5:38:19 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Heavy equipment falls into Fukushima reactor pool
→National Aug. 30, 2014 - 06:55AM JST ( 28 )
TOKYO —
A 400-kilogram machine part fell into a nuclear fuel pool at Japan’s crippled Fukushima plant Friday, the operator said.
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), said it had not detected any significant changes in radiation readings or in the level of pool water at the No. 3 reactor.
A massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 ravaged Japan’s northeastern coast and wrecked the plant, sparking meltdowns at three of its six reactors.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fukushima; radiation
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:38:51 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Heavy equipment falls into Fukushima reactor pool I really HATE IT when that happens ...
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:41:27 AM PDT
by
Ken522
To: Ken522
At least someone will get a good deal on some used
heavy equipment, a “hot” deal so to speak.
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:44:48 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Well, that’s a, “Darnnit!”
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:46:07 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Any volunteers to fish that out of there??
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:46:35 AM PDT
by
Moorings
To: TigerLikesRooster
A 400-kilogram machine part fell into a nuclear fuel pool at Japan’s crippled Fukushima plant Friday, the operator said. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), said it had not detected any significant changes in radiation readings or in the level of pool water at the No. 3 reactor.
Check with Archimedes about that last bit. I'm pretty sure the water level changed just a bit.
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:48:52 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: ClearCase_guy
Yeah, yeah, we ALL know that.
However, (comma), fuel pool levels are controlled:
1) Low level will cause pumps to start to add water to restore the level to a normal operating band.
2) A higher level is self correcting by overflow weirs and surge tanks.
So, in ‘nuclear-speak’ really what is said is that that 400kg component that fell into the pool did not breach the pool liner, resulting in a loss of water (level decreasing, or if you will, ‘significantly changing’)
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:55:41 AM PDT
by
RoadGumby
(This is not where I belong, Take this world and give me Jesus.)
To: ClearCase_guy
It probably did but with the wind whipping up waves on the fuel pool since the structure that used to be over the pool is gone, it’s hard to tell.
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:56:21 AM PDT
by
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:57:35 AM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
To: Moorings
So that’s where the Transformers came from...
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posted on
08/30/2014 5:58:56 AM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: RoadGumby
Yeah, yeah, we ALL know that. Well ... did you know that 15 minutes can save you 15% on your car insurance?
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posted on
08/30/2014 6:03:02 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: ClearCase_guy
That’not how this works.
That’s not how any of this works!
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posted on
08/30/2014 6:08:41 AM PDT
by
VRWCarea51
(The original 1998 version)
To: ClearCase_guy
The minor rise wasn’t detectable because of the leaks.
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posted on
08/30/2014 6:22:37 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Wake me up when the China Syndrome occurs.
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posted on
08/30/2014 6:24:49 AM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Relatively speaking then, this is just a glitch.
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posted on
08/30/2014 6:26:44 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: Delta 21
Tepco can’t run nuke power cleanly, even without earthquakes, tsunamis, and Godzilla. Of course they are going to be a train wreck when disaster hits.
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posted on
08/30/2014 6:31:50 AM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: TigerLikesRooster
おっと!私たちの悪い。
To: Moorings
Fish it out and sell it to ISIS.
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posted on
08/30/2014 6:57:24 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
400 kilogram = 900#
heavy??
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