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Melted reactor cores might now be exposed, as water levels fall in Fukushima nuclear reactors

exclamation-Smflag-japanJapan TV ‘News Flash’: Officials fear melted reactor fuel is now exposed at Fukushima — Tepco: We don’t know at this point if fuel is uncovered — Large drop in water level — Experts ‘struggling’ to find condition of nuclear cores, http://enenews.com/tv-officials-fear-melted-fuel-from-reactor-2-is-now-exposed-at-fukushima-tepco-we-dont-know-at-this-point-if-fuel-is-uncovered-water-level-drops-dramatically-experts-struggling-to-fin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ENENews+%28Energy+News%29nothing is known for all 3 reactors (VIDEO)

NHK WORLD, June 9, 2014: TEPCO: Water in reactor half expected level— Officials with the operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant say the water level inside the No.2 reactor’s containment vessel is about half what they had estimated. […] They found the water was around 30 centimeters [11.8 inches] deep. TEPCO officials […] say they don’t know whether the fuel is entirely submerged. […] They believe then flowing out of the reactor building through holes in the chamber.

NHK WORLD, June 10, 2014: TEPCO officials are struggling to find […] the condition of the melted fuel […] Officials believe that at reactor number 2, water is leaking […] at the bottom of the containment vessel, but do not know exactly from where. [At] reactors 1 and 3, the utility has found the sources of some leaks, but suspects there are other breaches […] Nothing is known about the condition of the melted fuel in all 3 reactors. TEPCO is considering various forms of surveys, including a plan to send a camera-mounted robot […]

Kyodo News, June 9, 2014: TEPCO confirms water level of Fukushima No. 2 reactor container […] A TEPCO official [said] the detailed condition of the melted fuel remains unknown.

NHK Transcript, June 9, 2014:

  • Officials at Tepco are facing another setback.
  • They don’t know whether [the water] even covers all of the nuclear fuel.
  • Officials don’t know about the condition of the melted fuel.
  • Officials believe the water level at another reactor is 10 times deeper.
  • Teruaki Kobayashi, Tepco official: “We cannot tell at this point if the fuel is entirely submerged or if part of it’s above the water.”
  • They believe it’s flowing through the chamber then out of the reactor building.

Watch NHK’s broadcast here

June 11, 2014 - Posted by | Fukushima 2014

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