national

Fukushima operator says 20 tons of rubble lifted from reactor

16 Comments

The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.

© 2015 AFP

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.

16 Comments
Login to comment

So it appears the low price per kilowatt hours that was quoted for years to promote nuclear power was a little fib and once these other clean-up and decommissioning costs are included it's not such a good business model, or it wouldn't be unless the taxpayers were forced to cover the loss.

3 ( +7 / -4 )

No mention of how and where they are going to store all this waste.

2 ( +4 / -2 )

Disillusioned,

The very point I was going to make.

Where did they put this 20 ton monster?

2 ( +4 / -2 )

Does anyone know what dropped the rod exchanger into the pool?

It cannot have been the earthquake, because we are not allowed to admit earthquakes damage reactors or vital reactor support systems.

If it was the tsunami, which is generally taking the blame for everything that was over the design threshold, did it wash right over the roof?

Or, was the crane blown up, and down into the pool by the so-called 'hydrogen explosion'?

Hmmm...

0 ( +5 / -6 )

Nandakandamanda,

Or, was the crane blown up, and down into the pool by the so-called 'hydrogen explosion'?

By the hydrogen explosion.

What do you mean by, "so-called"?

8 ( +7 / -0 )

I got the answer from the parallel article, thank you, but by then I was not allowed to post a corrective note under the site policy.

Satr-viking, nothing really. Just not sure if that was the right description for it.

1 ( +2 / -1 )

Disillusioned: "No mention of how and where they are going to store all this waste."

I think you know full well that we've all been tasked to 'share the burden' across the nations by city mayors eager for a quick handout from the government.

2 ( +3 / -1 )

20 tons of how much in total? If they estimate they need to remove 200 tons or 2000 tons then this is just the start.

0 ( +0 / -0 )

t-e-p-c-o is now refered to as the "operator"?

wow.

0 ( +1 / -1 )

Nandakandamanda,

I got the answer from the parallel article, thank you, but by then I was not allowed to post a corrective note under the site policy.

Happens to us all.

Satr-viking, nothing really. Just not sure if that was the right description for it.

Happy to help.

0 ( +0 / -0 )

In the meantime lightning (?) shuts down four water and air discharge monitoring systems in Rokkasho Nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, due to restart next March.

One step forwards, one step back.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150803_11.html

0 ( +0 / -0 )

But external monitors indicate no leaks.

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Luckily, yes, but I was surprised that such a facility might be so vulnerable to something presumably predictable.

0 ( +0 / -0 )

nandakamanda:

" surprised that such a facility might be so vulnerable to something presumably predictable. "

Tsunamis are "predictable"? Since when?

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Lightning, Willi.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Nandakandamanda,

Luckily, yes, but I was surprised that such a facility might be so vulnerable to something presumably predictable.

Well, there does seem to be more 'unstable weather' about, what with climate change. Maybe when the monitors were installed this was not a concern.

As an aside, we have a level crossing near our house, and it often gets set off by unsettled weather. I guess the signal to operate it is RF.

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites