Posted on 03/31/2016 1:52:21 PM PDT by C19fan
The operator of Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant switched on a giant refrigeration system on Thursday to create an unprecedented underground ice wall around its damaged reactors. Radioactive water has been flowing from the reactors, and other methods have failed to fully control it. The decontamination and decommissioning of the plant, damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, hinge of the success of the wall.
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There was a *lot* less nuclear material involved at Hiroshima. Little Boy had 64 kg (141 lb) of enriched uranium, per Wikipedia. Each of the Fukushima reactors (6) probably each have something on the order of 100 tons of uranium each.
The robots keep failing due to the high radiation levels. They’ve been trying to clean out the spent fuel pools of debris to be able to access the fuel rods and retrieve them. They have been successful at one reactor ( number 4 I think) and are retrieving spent fuel rods with a special device.
I can’t even believe the difference in the numbers you told me.
i’m never embarrassed about what I don’t know here because it’s maybe 1 in 200 times that I get called stupid lol.
it’s great having so much knowledge on this board.
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