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To: freebird5850

“”How many reactors or on site?””

From a post I made this morning...

“There are 6 units at Fukushima 1 (Dai-Ichi) generating plant. 1, 2, and 3 were on line at the time of the earthquake, while 4, 5, and 6 were in cold shutdown for inspection. When they lost backup and off-site power, ALL units lost cooling. But with the latter 3 units already in cold shutdown, they were not nearly as critical a problem as the first 3 units.

Units 1, 2, and 6 are GE, 3 and 5 are Toshiba, and 4 is a Hitachi.

There is also a Fukushima II (Dai-Ni) generating plant. It is a separate facility about 11 KM south of Fukushima I. It has 4 generating units, approximately 1100 MW each. At that plant, units 1 and 3 are Toshiba, while 2 and 4 are Hitachi. Fukushima II never lost off-site power and therefore has been able to properly cool the 4 units after they tripped as a result of the earthquake.”


107 posted on 03/15/2011 4:57:33 PM PDT by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: meyer

Thanks for the explanation!


109 posted on 03/15/2011 4:59:22 PM PDT by freebird5850 (Of course Obama loves his country...it's just that Sarah Palin loves mine!)
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