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Emergency workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have succeeded in restoring lighting to the control room of one of the plant's reactors.

The extra light will help technicians fix equipment damaged by this month's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Can someone please tell me that something other than a lack of lighting inside the control room of the reactor caused this problem to be so drawn out? Pretty please? Because it seems to me that bringing lots of light to areas not powered by electricity is one technology that we've solved pretty well - or so my last trip to Academy Sports tells me.

13 posted on 03/22/2011 2:07:52 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (Tyrant: "Spartans, lay down your weapons." Free man: "Persian, come and get them!")
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To: Ancesthntr

“Can someone please tell me that something other than a lack of lighting inside the control room of the reactor caused this problem to be so drawn out? Pretty please? Because it seems to me that bringing lots of light to areas not powered by electricity is one technology that we’ve solved pretty well - or so my last trip to Academy Sports tells me. “

Obviously TEPCO is desperately searching for something positive to report. “We turned some lights on in a room” is really pretty lame. They didn’t even say if they were the original room lighting fixtures, or if they brought in portables.

Personally, it wouldn’t surprise me if none of the existing electronic controls and sensors ever work again, given the flooding and subsequent explosions. I’m also guessing that “inspections” is simply a euphamism for trying to find a single working pipe, pump or valve in the entire complex.


18 posted on 03/22/2011 3:23:15 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from the right stuff!)
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