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111 posted on 03/15/2011 9:59:46 AM PDT by FourPeas
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Status of quake-stricken reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants

TOKYO, March 16, Kyodo News

The following is the known status as of Tuesday evening of each of the six reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the four reactors at the Fukushima No. 2 plant, both in Fukushima Prefecture, crippled by Friday’s magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

Fukushima No. 1

— Reactor No. 1 - Cooling failure, partial melting of core, vapor vented, hydrogen explosion, seawater pumped in.

— Reactor No. 2 - Cooling failure, seawater pumped in, fuel rods fully exposed temporarily, vapor vented, damage to containment system, potential meltdown feared.

— Reactor No. 3 - Cooling failure, partial melting of core feared, vapor vented, seawater pumped in, hydrogen explosion, high-level radiation measured nearby.

— Reactor No. 4 - Under maintenance when quake struck, fire caused possibly by hydrogen explosion at pool holding spent fuel rods, pool water level feared receding.

— Reactor No. 5 - Under maintenance when quake struck, temperature slightly rising at spent fuel pool.

— Reactor No. 6 - Under maintenance when quake struck, temperature slightly rising at spent fuel pool.

Fukushima No. 2

— Reactor No. 1 - Cooling failure, then cold shutdown.

— Reactor No. 2 - Cooling failure, then cold shutdown.

— Reactor No. 3 - Cold shutdown.

— Reactor No. 4 - Cooling failure, then cold shutdown.

==Kyodo


115 posted on 03/15/2011 10:02:59 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Democrats Outforced America's Jobs for 40 Years. Now The Bill Is Due)
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