Published: March 18th, 2013 at 11:23 am ET
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Title: Electricity trouble occurs at crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant
Source: Kyodo News
Date: March 18, 2013 at 23:40 JST
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday a problem with electric power has occurred at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, leading to the suspension of the system to cool spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 units.
The incident, however, so far has not affected the ongoing water injection to the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors [...]
No abnormality has been detected in radiation levels in areas surrounding the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. [...]
Update: AP: Fukushima Daiichi blackout has continued for hours -- 3 fuel pools without fresh cooling water
Published: March 18th, 2013 at 11:23 am ET
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How many radiation detectors are not working? All of them? Did the radiation cause the blackout? We can see the pixelation caused by heat or radiation or both on the JNN/TBS webcam.
Please shut down and decommission all nuclear reactors worldwide. The risk is unstoppable ELE.
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Now we can see it on the TEPCO cam above reactor #3.
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Thanks for the great updates anne,
Here's the camera link (it is working as of 9:15am Pacific Time = 12:15pm EST:
TEPCO Cam
http://mfile.akamai.com/127380/live/reflector:51361.asx
(might be a slight delay as it comes up)
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…OR it may be the hot exhaust from the three square diesel stacks on the SFP building just below the frame. Black smoke belches out every few days when they cold-start and everyone freaks out. You know… THOSE stacks.
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Wait:
> ‘Problem with electric power’
I've had heared this 2 years ago …
> has not affected the ongoing water injection
What a luck! Pacific poisoning will go on.
All together now:
"There is no immediate healt concern!"
h.
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Both this article and AP says no water injection working for cooling spent fuel pools.
AP: Fukushima Daiichi blackout has continued for hours — 3 fuel pools without fresh cooling water
http://enenews.com/ap-fukushima-plant-blackout-has-continued-for-hours-3-fuel-pools-without-fresh-cooling-water
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Japanese public announcement on the current SBO:
"There is no immediate danger. It takes several days before the corium would near explosion levels. We have 3,000 yakuza currently working on this electrical problem."
"There is no reason for undue alarm. Radiation levels in the Fukushima Daiichi complex will only kill you in about 30 places that are clearly marked by yellow Tepco tape. All other areas are comparable to Chernobyl Unit 4.
You may now return to eating the delicious east coast sushi which is absolutely safe. We test every fish in the market place daily with our modern testing equipment (twenty beagle dogs). All are currently breathing and acting normal."
"This is a recording. For more assistance dial 1-800-Brazil. Trained Japanese-fluent expatriates will answer any additional concerns. That is all…have a nice day."
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When the "accident" first happened, there were two back-up systems for electric power for the cooling and they both failed. Not that we even found out about that in real time. So if any of the back-up systems now, today, March 18, had WORKED, would we even be hearing about this? Chances are at the moment, that they do not know how to get electricity to the plant AT ALL. Will be glad if that's not true, but not feeling reassured here.
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"No abnormality has been detected in radiation levels in areas surrounding the plant in Fukushima Prefecture." We're talking about "YET," yes? It's all totally abnormal at all times — we already know that. So they just now mean that it is not quadruply lethal YET?
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Radiation, oxygen, heat, and salt. Radiation causes the covering on the cable to crack due to embrittlement. Then the salt works its way into the strands. TEPCO just can't finger it out. What employee is going to go into the buildings to replace the cables.
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