Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Fukushima Daiichi Looks Strange Today on the TEPCO 1 Cam



I noted yesterday that the emissions looked high. Today the site looks strange on the TEPCO 1 cam. Perhaps there is something wrong with the cam, although one can see a brighter-than-ordinary glow above the site from the vantage of the Futaba cam.

There also seem to be emissions coming out from the side wall of unit 1 in a location I saw the device spraying a couple of days ago (here).

The weather today in Fukushima is free from precipitation. Humidity is 73% and the temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Perhaps the odd looking view is a result of ice crystals forming from the hot vapor emanating from the plant:



There is also some sort of new, screen-like structure next to unit 2 (in the foreground of the red crane), as revealed in this close-up (you can see my screenshots from the last few days for comparisons):





Unit 2 has been in the news quite a bit recently because it keeps killing specially designed "scorpion" robots that were supposed to be able to withstand the high radiation levels longer than existing electronics:
Niamh McIntyre (march 6, 2017). Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying The Independent [Irish], http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/experts-baffled-as-robots-sent-to-clean-up-fukushima-nuclear-site-keep-dying-35505131.html

The latest probe was destroyed in less than a day

A Japanese company tasked with cleaning up Fukushima, the site of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, has admitted that its attempts to probe the site are failing repeatedly due to incredibly high levels of radiation…

It is estimated that around 600 tons of toxic fuel may have leaked out of the reactor during the incident. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which oversees management of the site, needs to ascertain the location and size of the leakages before the clean-up can begin in earnest.

…The latest attempt to harvest data on Fukushima failed after a robot designed by Toshiba to withstand high radiation levels died five times faster than expected.


 

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