Steamy ‘Cold Shutdown’? Reactor 2 vessel full of moisture — Water dripping from roof

Published: January 19th, 2012 at 9:04 pm ET
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Title: Camera peeks inside reactor
Source: The Japan Times Online
Author: KAZUAKI NAGATA
Date: Jan 20, 2012

[...] Images taken by the endoscope showed the vessel was full of moisture, but the pipes and walls did not appear to be damaged, Tepco said. [...]

The utility released seven mostly blurry images to the media, which Matsumoto attributed to high levels of gamma radiation inside the vessel. He also said water dripping from the vessel’s roof impaired the photos. [...]

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Published: January 19th, 2012 at 9:04 pm ET
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