TEPCO halts water circulation due to leaks (Again)

kristopher

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TEPCO halts water circulation due to leaks (Again)

TEPCO halts water circulation due to leaks

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has suspended using decontaminated water as a coolant because of leaky pipes. Tokyo Electric Power Company began circulating recycled water through the No.1, 2 and 3 reactors at 4:20 PM on Monday. But it halted the operation one and a half hours later after discovering water leaking from the pipes. TEPCO has been attempting to run the decontamination system since June 14th. It has so far treated about 1,850 tons of the water.

The operator hopes ...

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/27_31.html

Splitting atoms to boil water is the very definition of a Rube Goldberg machine...

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madokie

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Mon Jun-27-11 01:24 PM
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1. Splitting atoms to boil water is the craziest thing that anyone has ever come up with

couple that with what to do with the waste they still have no answers for and the possibility of radiation poisoning and it then borders on stupid

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Mon Jun-27-11 01:36 PM
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3. Well, I don't know about that…

There's an awful lot of competition!
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2005_winter_spring/washingtons_death.htm

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FBaggins

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Mon Jun-27-11 01:30 PM
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2. They had actually started recirculation?

What were they using to cool the water? Or was the water in the basements already cool enough?

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