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Japan Nuclear Expert: Melted fuel may have fallen at Reactor No. 2, leading to temperature increase

Published: February 7th, 2012 at 11:19 am ET
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Source: Tokyo Shimbun
Date: Feb 7, 2012

[Masanori Naito, director in charge of nuclear safety analysis at the Institute of Applied Energy] presumes portion of the fuel which had been recorded before the board of the mesh condition which supports the fuel and dissolved fell to the bottom of the reactor, local like the hill, because accumulating, the calorific value increased, with. 

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Source: Tokyo Shimbun
Date: Feb 7, 2012

Calorific value has increased accumulated melted part of the fuel had been listed in the supporting plate the mesh-like “fuel Director of Institute of Applied Energy Masanori Naito fell to the bottom of the reactor, such as a mound locally to assume “they are.

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Via Enformable: “Institute of Applied Energy department head Masanori Naito said some fuel might have fallen into the RPV bottom and formed a small heap.”

 

Published: February 7th, 2012 at 11:19 am ET
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