Thursday, December 8, 2016

Fukushima Webcam 1: Is that Steam?


TEPCO reported that cooling to unit 3 was interrupted on December 5:
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.
Here is a screenshot from TEPCO webcam 1 that shows a plume of something coming up from unit 3. That something was perhaps a little worse than ordinary on December 5 but it hasn't looked good since the ice wall was reported as failing.



I noticed what may possibly be steam around unit 1. Its hard to tell from these screenshots:






LINK TO PDF document containing full screenshots these were cropped from here:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/52toiucizg5dw8q/December%207%20and%208%202016.pdf?dl=1

I don't know if that is steam or not, but I can write with certainty that the "emissions" have looked high since the ice wall was reported as having failed.


 

1 comment:

  1. How incompetent can one get?
    "Bumped a switch while passing through a narrow aisle of switch panels" who is the imbecile who designed that aisle?
    For god sakes guys

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