Monday, December 5, 2016

TEPCO Reports Temporary Loss of Power at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3


TEPCO reported a loss of power Dec 5, 2016 for the unit 3 reactor, the one running MOX fuel that was blown up in what strongly resembled a nuclear reaction:
Associated Press. December 5, 2016. Fukushima reactor briefly loses cooling during inspection. The Asahi Shimbun, http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201612050069.html

One of the melted reactors at tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant had a temporary loss of cooling when a worker accidentally bumped a switch while passing through a narrow aisle of switch panels during an inspection and turned off the pumping system.  The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said cooling for the No. 3 reactor, one of the three reactors that melted following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, was out for nearly one hour Monday until a backup pump kicked in.
TEPCO stated that water remained inside the reactor and there was "no temperature increase or radiation leak from the incident."

Here is a screenshot from the plant Dec 5, 2016 1:39 (TEPCO time stamp):



Here is a screenshot from today December 6, 2016 00:04 (TEPCO time stamp)



After nearly 5 and 1/2 years of watching the webcam I can tell you that the plant does not look like it is in "cold shutdown." In fact, the plant has gotten steamier and steamier looking since the ice wall was declared a failure back in August 2016.

August 2016 http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/fukushima-ice-wall-failing-and-post.html


I always wonder whether these types of "incident reports" serve a veiled purpose for those who understand the code.


1 comment:

  1. Emissions have been worse after the earthquake splashed a little puddle out of the common spent fuel pool. Bet all the other pools spilled a puddle too. - Horse

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