Fuku: Cooling stopped at reactor #5 sfp July6

Trying to get someone who reads Japanese to do a better translation.

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Fuku: Reactor 5 spent fuel pool cooling stopped due 2water leak found on plumbing (July 6,11:10am). The pool stores 946 + 48 spent/unused


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@RadChick4Cast The pipe is a part of entire cooling system which somehow also cooling spent fuel pool (weird)

This guy is in Japan, American and speaks Japanese:

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@RadChick4Cast The leak was found on Sea-water intake plumbing - seawater is used to cool the turbine, pump (they don't say which turbine)

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@RadChick4Cast sorry - the article is a lil confusing.
It is affecting cooling system of spent fuel pool located within reactor 5 building.

So looks like it's just #5 that is affected.

Pool #5 has 946 assemblies, 48 new fuel.

More good news!

I was just thinkin' we haven't had a good old fashioned zirc fire in a while.

it must be devastating to the billions of people who died from this.

5 and 6 are already gone! I still remember that back in march 2011 they had to punch holes in the roofs of those 2 reactors. Why would they do that if there were no problems?

they are cooling unit 5 with sea water???
Is that not corrosive and dangerous long-term?

Dangerous long term.......SOH . You captured the essence of Japanese policy at Fuku

Wow...good catch RadChick!

This will never end, and we know it. It will just continue to get worse.

I am impressed with your Japanese.

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Is there any possibility that "Fuku" (seriously?) is a hoax?

we can only hope

Fuku is as real as real gets, unfortunately.

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Or maybe all these radiationtards don't know the first thing about radiation.

The reality is, no technology exists anywhere to solve problem” of Fukushima’s melted fuel — TV: Molten mass “will scorch into the earth” if not cooled, a ‘China Syndrome’; Geysers of radioactive steam shooting up for miles around (VIDEOS)


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The beginning of the end 3-2011

I was on the fence until the Japanese government officially announced that 300 tons of radioactive water was going out to sea everyday.

That news along with the rest of the Fukushima news will destroy Japan's tourist and fishing industries and that's just for starters.

There's no way that a country with one of the largest economies in the world yet probably one of the most fragile economies at the same time could go to this length for a hoax.

There's no chance on that level. But, then you have to deal with all the circumstantial evidence.

And furthermore you have to deal with the fact that the media is ignoring Fukushima with very few exceptions. What's the point of pulling off an elaborate, expensive hoax like this if you're not going to make use of it in the media?

Nothing whatsoever points to this being a hoax. I've ruled that out as a possibility.

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Fukushima nuclear plant operator TEPCO reports that the coolant system of the fifth reactor was shut down due to a water leak. The system was halted after a leak near one of the valves was detected, according to the company’s press release
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This is very insulting to Radchick who started this thread and is considered by people in her field to be very knowledgeable about radiation. It's one of the most idiotic posts I've seen on GLP and that really says something.


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Long term is now taken to mean tomorrow, or if you're really into futurism...next week.

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After the Ryukyu Islands, Neoguri is expected to head northeastward towards Mainland Japan. It could make landfall in Kyushu by Thursday morning and will bring strong winds and heavy rains across the region.

Please prepare now if you reside in Okinawa or one of the nearby islands. Stock up on food, water, medicine, and bring loose objects inside. Once the winds start howling, please stay indoors and do not try to venture outside. As always, follow the instructions and warnings from your local officials!

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Why can't they treat the released sea water coolants with reverse osmosis?

Reverse osmosis has been identified by EPA as a “best available technology” (BAT) and Small System Compliance Technology (SSCT) for uranium, radium, gross alpha, and beta particles and photon emitters. It can remove up to 99 percent of these radionuclides, as well as many other contaminants (e.g., arsenic, nitrate, and microbial contaminants). Reverse osmosis units can be automated and compact making them appropriate for small systems.

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Anyone remember the days when a thread like this would be pages long, filled with great commentary, within a couple of hours?

I don't know if it's doom overload or if the knowledgeable posters just realize that posting about this is pointless, we're just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic (metaphorically speaking).

Isn't that why its near the sea in the first place?

yup

Is it doom overload or have the knowledgeable posters just realized that posting about this is pointless?

Yes, the chair does look better over there!

Citizenperth, nor RadChick is on right now. They are probably trying to get to the bottom of this as we speak...not to mention Kevin Blanch.

We will know more soon, but if Unit 5 is not being cooled it will melt down.

I am sure everyone understands that...pretty plain.

This video is about 6 months old, but he talks about problems at Fukushima and about meltdowns...what that means. You might like to watch it. Kevin Blanch is one of the true experts in this field of Fukushima.

Tell that to the dentist when he puts the lead bib on you to take a little x-ray, dumbass!