Published: May 11th, 2012 at 7:26 am ET
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Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Tepco
May 10, 2012
- May 10: 60.1ºC
- May 1: 58.6ºC
- Apr. 14: 55.6ºC
- Mar. 31: 55.6ºC
- Mar. 15: 52.7ºC
- Mar. 1: 52.8ºC
- Feb. 15: 48.8ºC
- Feb. 1: 51.8ºC
- Jan. 14: 53.9ºC
- Jan. 1: 55.9ºC
Published: May 11th, 2012 at 7:26 am ET
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This is equal to 140 degrees fahrenheit. Over 100 degrees is bad, right?
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100 Celsius is "bad", because it is the boiling point of water and the arbitrary "cold shutdown" figure. The equivalent in Fahrenheit is 212 degrees. The temperatures cited are far below those numbers.
This year so far, the temperature has gone up by about 4 degrees Celsius (about 8 Fahrenheit), while the outdoor ambient temperature will have risen by considerably more – about 10 to 15 Celsius.
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28.39° C (83.1° F)
Caesium, Melting point
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Where does that observation take us? This isn't a hostile question – I'm just not sure what the implications are.
The reactor temperature has been well above that point all year, so presumably any cesium present melted long ago and any cesium generated continues to melt. Is that your underlying point? If so, I get it.
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Cesium metal melted at room temperature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1I1_n7WUCE
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Didn't something basically MELT the walls of #4,…workers reported recently?
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Yes, there was no explanation for whatever demolished the building. The workers desscribed it as being like the walls just melted away.
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When I see these increasing temperature now at 60 C, what comes to mind is an ever increasing evaporation rate. More water is being lost through evaporation than before, and also more water needs to be added. There is less and less wiggle-room, like a tightening vice, should there be any interruption in the supple water being delivered.
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Good point, SteveMT.
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I believe over 100 reneges the claim of cold shutdown, a claim that was absurd to begin with. IMHO
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Agreed.
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It's a never ending Abbott and Costello routine. And Tepco never seems to be able to handle (poorly at that) more than one crisis at a time. Megaplexes with multiple reactors are a nightmare to contain when things go wrong. The folly of the entire industry is laid bare at Fukushima. There may be plants running for a few more years, but Fukushima sounds the death knoll for the leaky monsters.
As a side note…military forces of the superpowers must be a little anxious wondering how they will be able to justify new nuclear subs and aircraft carriers. The Chinese are late to the game for aircraft carriers and nuclear plants so it will be interesting to see how they view the dangers now apparent to the bankers and intelligentsia. With so many needs for energy it will be more difficult to cut the nuclear cord, but the emerging solar and wind technologies may win over the doubters. Green energy can trump fossil fuels and nuclear energy if a country commits to the switch.
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Forget who posted this in forum – but it's a good sign
Overall emissions in Germany drop by some 2 per cent over previous year http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/uba-info-presse-e/2012/pe12-017_less_greenhouse_gases_with_less_nuclear_energy.htm
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You can't look at those figures without seeing; NO MORE NUKES R NEEDED (or wanted!) We can do it! yes we can!
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Am hoping to see more serious effort in harnessing tidal action — if that's a possibility.
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How could Tepco say months ago "Cold shutdown" with a straight face. TY aig for your calculations.
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Nuc News for Friday May 11th
http://nucnews.com/whatsnew.php
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OT Nuclear-armed Israel, image of apocalyptic horror 300-400 atomic bombs @ NPP http://presstv.com/detail/240592.html
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New Tweet You cant look at these pictures and video and NOT THINK FUKUSHIMA JAPAN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2142849/Haunting-shots-Chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-revealed-true-scale-catastrophe–cost-photographers-lives.html
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All I want to know really, is how was I (we) so bloody fooled (stupid), for so long?
Got side-tracked on a youtube video from here,….off to the right side for similar vids,….one on chemtrails and maghellons (sp).
Learned what chemicals are found in chemtrails,….all the ones I had TOXIC levels of in my latest hairtests,…..
Found a large 'fiber' the other day that FREAKED me out,….sure looked like Maghellons,……weird skin eruptions, etc,….
Saw half a dozen fresh chemtrails nearly every other day,…much more now recently!
I'm starting to feel a little sorry for the Angel's that have been given the duty of keeping StillJill safe! (Man,…God,…they deserve a raise,…or whatever floats our boats up there, K? K! )
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A (p)raise maybe?
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SJ, please write to me off-list.
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"All I want to know really, is how was I (we) so bloody fooled (stupid), for so long?"
Nobody wanted it. It was forced on us. And being forced on us now. Clearly a case of inmates running the asylum.
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The spent fuel pool at 3 concerns me even more than 4 due to the crane lying on top of the remaining fuel rods. I don't know where they can even begin cleaning what is left of reactor 3 and it is obviously is horrendous condition. NO NUKES
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so where is the reactor? dont know, but it's 60c!
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I read two recent articles, “Houston, We Have a Problem, No Known Technology to Deal With Fukushima”, and “The Worst Yet to Come? Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb”.
I thought they had been published on ENEnews; but, when I searched the site, I could not find them. Possibly one of our ENEnews commenters posted the links to them?
So, please excuse me if this post is redundant, I am including the 2 links. Both are excellent descriptors of, what are the conditions at Fukushima, and what are the possible resulting effects.
These two articles are an excellent resource for anyone who wants/needs to know what’s happening at Fukushima Daiichi, and what can we expect. Links to these articles have shown up when searching “Fukushima” in Google News; but, they have not been republished in any of the MSM.
http://cuttingthegordianknot.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/houston-we-have-a-problem-no-known-technology-to-deal-with-fukushima/
http://www.alternet.org/environment/155283/the_worst_yet_to_come_why_nuclear_experts_are_calling_fukushima_a_ticking_time-bomb
If these two articles have not been published as headlines on
ENEnews, they should be.
Consider sending them to your local news sources and the MSM.
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