Tepco Reactors May Have Turned Corner As Some Cooling Functions Apparently Restored

Nikkei ^ | 03/20/11

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[GVnana]

Good news, indeed!

[cripplecreek]

The news here has shifted to Obama’s folly in north Africa but I think things are better without so much media hyperventilation about the Japanese nuclear crisis.

Quite frankly, you’re doing a far better job of rational reporting than the media.

[Bean Counter]

Thank You Jesus!!

Any good news is welcome I’m sure...

[sionnsar]

Quite frankly, you’re doing a far better job of rational reporting than the media.

The media have set a bar lower than which it's difficult to get but TLR, I agree with cc. Thanks!

[dfwgator]

Never a doubt.

(ok, I exaggerate a bit, but seriously I never bought into the hysteria)

[The Antiyuppie]

Well, I’m hoping that they can avoid the “big” catastrophe...but even so, the cleanup/decommissioning of those damaged reactors may be very expensive and very dangerous.

I wonder how many heroes will emerge from this. It will be quite a story.

I wouldn’t go in one of those if the place was littered with diamonds and I could keep all that I could stuff in my pockets.

[wendy1946]

Makes up for some of the bad news in the world...

[JohnBovenmyer]

Daiichi 5 and 6 can probably be brought back on line eventually, as can all 4 Daini. Daiichi 1-4 are clearly dead as reactors, but are going to be a b*tch to get buried. They should build a new fuel storage site for them as I don’t trust those damaged buildings for that purpose long term. Getting the fuel out of their ponds, much less the 3 fueled reactors will take a long time.

[Twinkie]

Thank the Lord!

[Jake from AZ]

Yep, here’s the LSM trying to get off the hook for this panic and shift us to the next one. “Never mind. That story was overblown — but HERE’S THE NEXT THING FOR YOU TO PANIC ABOUT...”

[GATOR NAVY]

Good news, indeed!

Unless you're an anti-nuke lefty. They will be bitterly disappointed if there isn't large scale death from this incidence. Consider it a sacrifice for the cause.

[VeniVidiVici]

Oh, this just can't be!! There will be A LOT of upset people if we don't get a Chernobyl type explosion and radiation sooner or later. All those sleepless nights for naught as each day brought explosions and endless meltdowns....

All those stories of those 40 year-old, decrepit, known to be crap GE reactors just weeks from having a midlife crises, apparently surviving the 7th worst earthquake in recorded history, the resulting tsunami and then the three ring circus as the Japanese appeared to be floundering in getting them under control. And yet there are apparently many Japanese heroes we aren't yet aware of.

And here we are almost a week and a half later and the world is still here. I have my fingers crossed.

[dfwgator]

And here we are almost a week and a half later and the world is still here

Oh crap, I just ran up a ton of charges on my credit card.

[VeniVidiVici]

LOL! Why didn’t *I* think of that!! Well, not to worry. I think all of the good tidings in the ME will make Israel feel a bit lonely. Somebody will start feeling their oats and go to war against them again. So keep that spending going!

[Milhous]

Exposed: this shots shows a gaping hole in the building of reactor number four. The green crane, circled, is normally used to move spent fuel rods into a 45ft deep storage pond, just out of shot. But the pool has now boiled dry and the spent rods are heating up and releasing radiation


Boiled dry: This shot shows of the inside of reactor number four at the Fukushima nuclear plant before the disaster. The spent fuel storage pool is seen at the front of the shot. The rods are at the bottom of the pool, which has now boiled dry

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