Posted on 03/22/2011 9:27:08 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
All 6 Fukushima Reactors Reconnected To External Power
TOKYO (Kyodo)--All six reactors at the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were reconnected to external power, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) said Tuesday, although smoke detected at the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors the day before had temporarily hampered efforts to restore power and cool down spent nuclear fuel pools.
Tokyo Electric said that it is also close to restoring lighting in the control room for the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors, a move that is expected to allow for more intensive work to bring the nuclear crisis under control and to restore the reactors' key cooling functions.
Earlier in the day, industry minister Banri Kaieda acknowledged that the progress in electricity restoration is good news but added that the situation involving the reactors remains ''extremely tough.''
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LOL. Yep, I could buy that kinda of talk! ;-)
I seriously doubt that. You'd be surprised at the amount of radiation it takes to actually kill a person.
All 6 Fukushima Reactors Reconnected To External Power
BTTT
I don’t “expect” 4 to come back, but as a reminder, it didn’t melt, because it was shut down at the time — all of it’s problems have been with the used rod pool, which is really just a big bathtub and could be replaced without much difficulty if damaged by the seawater.
I haven’t heard of anything being injected into the unit 4 reactor.
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