Published: February 24th, 2012 at 2:33 pm ET
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Title: Temperature of the RPV Bottom at Unit 2, Fukushima Daiichi (1F) NPS
Source: Tepco
Date: Feb 24, 2012
Temperature of the RPV bottom (upper bottom head) at Unit 2, Fukushima Daiichi, TE-2-3-69H2 (135°)
2/20 05:00 @ 29.7°C
2/23 23:00 @ 50.3°C
The other gauge at the bottom is heating up as well, rising 10°C this week.

Published: February 24th, 2012 at 2:33 pm ET
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Quick, better test them and bust them before this thing gets hot. That should solve the problem.
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You know the drill; if they don't like the readings they are getting, then the damn thermometer must be broken.
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20 degrees Celsius = 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Dangerously high.
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TYPO…Not 20 degreews Celsius.
Should read 50 degrees Celsius == 122 degrees Faherenheit.
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I wonder if this is telling about the conditions at the NPP's. It's snowing over Daiichi plant right now yet one of the pipes remains snow free. Could be that water is running through it. It looks like wet snow so the air temp is probably around the 30 degree mark. It was raining yesterday so this is more than likely the case. The question is what is flowing through this particular pipe, and which direction is it flowing, to or from?
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html
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@dharmasyd – You're numbers are off by QUITE a bit. 20 degrees Celsius = 68 degrees Fahrenheit. It's more or less room temperature water. I know this temperature well, it's the standard black and white film is developed at.
This doesn't make the fact that the temperature is changing any better though!
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wmilberry…Thanks for pointing out the error. It was a typo. I appreciate your correction and attention.
As in the title of this article, I mean't to type 50 degrees Celsius. Google answers says 50 degrees C = 122 degrees F.
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Hmm… 122F is above "100 degrees" cold shut down my ass!. With the readings going up in the RPV at the bottom that blob of corium is melting further down and dripping.. there could be a time vs/temperature comparison to find out how fast it is moving….
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They use Celcius scale iso-tope. 80C = 176F
C x 9/5 + 32 = F
I agree cold shutdown is a ridiculous way to describe it at any point though.
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maybe a good idea to test them with a litle flash of electricity
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They must all be faulty
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"TEPCO announced today that increasing temperatures in Fukushima reactors which are in cold shutdown, are actually caused by global warming, not radiation. The new TEPCO President said, 'Nuclear power is Japan's best weapon against global warming.' "
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Ha radegan, can't be long until we hear that from them!
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