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Tokyo Electric admits fuel could be melting at Fukushima nuke plant
KyodoNews.jp ^ | April 21, 2011 | no byline

Posted on 04/20/2011 2:52:34 PM PDT by ransomnote

An official at Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, admitted Wednesday that fuel of the plant's No. 1 reactor could be melting.

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Seems to be a follow up to an earlier report indicating spike in conditions of reactor 1 that started on March 8th.

To see chart of sv/hr here:

http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/?n=1

1 posted on 04/20/2011 2:52:38 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

PS: the chart link should be the English version. It starts by displaying in Japanese and converts in a few seconds on my old computer.


2 posted on 04/20/2011 2:53:37 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Just sprinkle on your toast, or radioactive death :)


3 posted on 04/20/2011 2:58:45 PM PDT by allmost
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To: ransomnote

Yikes. I said March 8th and should have said the spike started on April 8th.


4 posted on 04/20/2011 3:01:13 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

You give no info.


5 posted on 04/20/2011 3:04:43 PM PDT by allmost
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To: allmost

It will only seem like a info re status change to those of us who were not aware that reactor 1 may not be cooled sufficiently to thwart melting. I’ve been seeing all the aftershocks those poor folks have been having and kept hearing that the nuke situation was ‘static’ but if fuel is indeed melting then reactor 1 is not static.


6 posted on 04/20/2011 3:09:49 PM PDT by ransomnote
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I thought it already melted???? It is Hot! Hot! Hot! Evrybody feelin. Hot! Hot! Hot!.


7 posted on 04/20/2011 3:10:01 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Shut up and eat your Beans!)
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I thought it already melted (past tense) and ceased to do so but this article indicates that it may have resumed melting (present tense) due to a spike in sv/hr starting April 8th. With all the aftershocks, I can imagine things shift around a bit.


8 posted on 04/20/2011 3:13:17 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote
Is it fuel? The failsafes worked. Exceptionally well IMO. The Japanese have the most dishonest(behind uga buga from you know where) government on the planet.
10 posted on 04/20/2011 3:18:30 PM PDT by allmost
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Wonder why the Reactor #1 chart stops on April 8th. The others continue to April 20th.

Here is a list of the aftershocks from the 7th to 9th.

09-APR-2011 21:23:05 35.67 140.04 4.9 64.6 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-APR-2011 12:57:49 30.01 131.81 6.1 21.3 KYUSHU, JAPAN
09-APR-2011 09:42:21 38.26 141.70 5.4 59.5 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-APR-2011 02:59:34 38.67 141.75 4.6 35.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-APR-2011 02:33:49 39.72 143.32 4.7 32.8 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-APR-2011 02:31:03 39.91 143.14 4.8 23.8 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-APR-2011 01:25:29 36.80 142.10 5.4 34.4 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
08-APR-2011 21:30:13 36.66 143.21 4.9 42.8 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
08-APR-2011 18:42:31 43.90 147.47 5.3 63.4 KURIL ISLANDS
08-APR-2011 10:04:19 37.93 143.95 4.8 32.9 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
08-APR-2011 09:08:40 36.97 144.28 4.6 36.7 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
08-APR-2011 02:57:20 36.80 141.04 4.9 40.7 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-APR-2011 22:02:19 39.15 142.90 5.2 34.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-APR-2011 15:31:28 38.30 142.12 4.6 67.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-APR-2011 15:25:13 38.20 141.87 4.6 67.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-APR-2011 14:32:41 38.25 141.64 7.4 25.6 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-APR-2011 10:52:13 35.61 140.49 4.7 36.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-APR-2011 08:25:06 37.61 141.89 4.6 31.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-APR-2011 06:34:24 37.93 142.66 4.6 39.0 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-APR-2011 02:40:48 36.51 140.83 4.9 49.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

11 posted on 04/20/2011 3:31:58 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/86746.html

The government has decided to prohibit people from entering areas within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, starting midnight Thursday, government sources said Wednesday.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan will announce the decision to designate the zone, already covered by an evacuation directive following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as an off-limits area when he visits Fukushima Prefecture on Thursday, the sources said.

The government has already started conveying the decision to municipalities concerned, including Minamisoma and Futaba, they said.


12 posted on 04/20/2011 3:34:13 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: ransomnote

Translation:

it is so bad we now had to admit it.


13 posted on 04/20/2011 3:35:14 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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Looks like that 7.4 aftershock caused problems in #1. Was the strongest aftershock I think. Report from April 8th.

Latest jolt tests other nuclear plants, but no leaks

But the temperature inside reactor 1's core surged to 260 degrees at midnight Thursday from 223 as of 7 p.m. before the aftershock. The cause of the rise was not immediately known, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

The temperature went down to 246.6 as of 1 p.m. Friday, according to NISA.

14 posted on 04/20/2011 3:40:16 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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I think the chart for reactor does not ‘stop’ on the 8th. It’s more like it ‘goes’ on the 8th. I think on that date, the readings for reactor 1 ‘go’ straight up and off the chart (capacity of their sensors to provide a reading) and rather than say list ‘off the chart’ or ‘unkown’ or ‘100plus’ etc., they leave it blank.


15 posted on 04/20/2011 3:41:45 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: justa-hairyape

Thank you for looking that up - I was curious about possible triggers etc.


16 posted on 04/20/2011 3:43:50 PM PDT by ransomnote
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Times and Dates for aftershock list are in UTC.

And you are probably right about off-the-chart.

17 posted on 04/20/2011 3:53:09 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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Which “fuel” is my question.......

Its already known there are issues with the “spent fuel pools” in several units. They are probably responsibe for much of cadmimum discharge seen.......

Not familiar with these units as built. Pure water can’t “carry” any radioactivity. That comes from impurities introduced by the plant/operations. Adding sea water - with all of its burden of life/solutes increases the liklihood of increased contaminants/rad levels. >JH


18 posted on 04/20/2011 4:00:16 PM PDT by PiperShade
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This is an interesting link. Hopefully you can convert it to English. Google offered me a translation. According to this page, right now if I am reading it correctly.

Reactor 1 - 27.5 % of the Fuel Rods in Reactor 1 are exposed to atmosphere. About 1.65 Meters of rods.

Reactor 2 - 35.0 % of the Fuel Rods in Reactor 2 are exposed to atmosphere. About 2.10 Meters of rods. That exposure increased by 10 % on April 17th 2011

Reactor 3 - 37.5 % of the Fuel Rods in Reactor 3 are exposed to atmosphere. About 2.25 Meters of rods.

The exposure of nuclear reactor fuel rods.

19 posted on 04/20/2011 4:31:33 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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So, can anyone explain what will happen to Japan should a ‘melt down’ of the fuel rods occur?

What really is a melt down? Thanks in advance.

20 posted on 04/20/2011 4:35:05 PM PDT by redshawk (Hey 0'Pansy. I'm scratching my nose too; and not with my index finger!)
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