JUST-IN: Huge Leak of Radioactive Water in Fukushima No 2. Containment Vessel Fractured!

Asahi: Tepco can’t find where huge amount of highly radioactive water is leaking at Reactor No. 2 — ‘Fractures’ in containment vessel suspected

The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is grappling to locate the source of a leak of highly radioactive water in the crippled No. 2 reactor [...]

A remote-controlled robot is now scouring the basement of the reactor building [...]

TEPCO suspects the radioactive water is leaking from fractures near the pressure suppression chamber [lower part of containment vessel].

It was the first detailed inspection near the chamber. [...]

A huge volume of highly radioactive water, used to cool down the fuel, has since been leaking from the reactor, TEPCO said.

[link to ajw.asahi.com]

In the effort to cite actual sources, here is the ORIGINAL blog post that started this whole thing off:

If they buried it like at Chernobyl, there would be no need to cool it with water.

Brief and to the point. You're 100% right.

I've been calling for that since day fucking one and they won't do it!

[link to fukushima-diary.com]

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[link to togetter.com]

Mr. Murata, former Japanese ambassador in Switzerland

Could this possibly be called a national security issue?

They lost control of that situation a long time ago, when the earthquake / tsunami struck. That's a global catastrophe, and probably irreparable. No amount of money or scientific knowledge can 'fix' complete and utter destruction, total ruin.

Meanwhile Russia is still in the process of building their multi-billion dollar sarcophagus to replace the old one...

This is nothing new, this is happening
since Months (the leakage)

And please stop to mix up different Stories,
this do not help to understand the Situation!

The Story of the Hole/s is accurate, the Story
from the "Ambassador" is not.

Imo. the Hole/s must be very small,
not visible, the amount of leaked Water
is relativ small and the Hole/s cant be
that big.

This is nothing new, this is happening
since Months (the leakage)

And please stop to mix up different Stories,
this do not help to understand the Situation!

The Story of the Hole/s is accurate, the Story
from the "Ambassador" is not.

Imo. the Hole/s must be very small,
not visible, the amount of leaked Water
is relativ small and the Hole/s cant be
that big.

The sad thing is, those greedy japs could have stopped the meltdowns with the emergency stop feature ( explosive bolts permenantly fusing reactor vessel which renders reactor safe but unusable) I have seen the bechtel blue prints and technical readouts for this type of plant, they didn't shut it down because they they wanted to be able to save the fuel- an emergency shutdown renders the fuel unusable, and the whole reactor vessel must be removed and scrapped.

They could have stopped it
But they were greedy
Now, we all DIE

Then get off the computer and go fix the small holes Jap!

Fukushima isn't just located by the sea. It sits on the edge of a 20,000 foot cliff to the bottom of one of the biggest geologically active faults in the world. At some point, the whole thing is going into the ocean.

This is nothing new, this is happening
since Months (the leakage)

And please stop to mix up different Stories,
this do not help to understand the Situation!

The Story of the Hole/s is accurate, the Story
from the "Ambassador" is not.

Imo. the Hole/s must be very small,
not visible, the amount of leaked Water
is relativ small and the Hole/s cant be
that big.

I also wonder how bad this really is -- I mean what they are willing to admit to is bad enough, usually reality is far worse.

Meanwhile Russia is still in the process of building their multi-billion dollar sarcophagus to replace the old one...

This is nothing new, this is happening
since Months (the leakage)

And please stop to mix up different Stories,
this do not help to understand the Situation!

The Story of the Hole/s is accurate, the Story
from the "Ambassador" is not.

Imo. the Hole/s must be very small,
not visible, the amount of leaked Water
is relativ small and the Hole/s cant be
that big.