Posted on 06/27/2011 7:20:18 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
TEPCO halts water circulation due to leaks
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has suspended using decontaminated water as a coolant because of leaky pipes.
Tokyo Electric Power Company began circulating recycled water through the No.1, 2 and 3 reactors at 4:20 PM on Monday.
But it halted the operation one and a half hours later after discovering water leaking from the pipes.
TEPCO has been attempting to run the decontamination system since June 14th. It has so far treated about 1,850 tons of the water.
The operator hopes to reduce the levels of radioactive wastewater accumulated at the plant as a result of injecting fresh water into the damaged reactors.
Circulating the decontaminated water around the reactors is considered an important step to stabilize them by mid-July as planned. It will also help prevent the volume of wastewater from increasing.
TEPCO says it will repair the leaks and hopes to resume water circulation soon.
Monday, June 27, 2011 20:40 +0900 (JST)
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Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, given enough time.
As I’ve said before....this is not going away soon at all.
Fukushima proves only two things: 1 - never make optimistic assumptions about natural disaster risk in the case of nuclear plant siting and 2 - Mandate IQ tests for the weasels in the front office when it comes to making decisions about 1.
Whatta bunch of morons.
For the sake of nuclear industry in the world, these TEPCO execs should have been shot. They are not indispensable to cleanup operation. On the contrary, they are still a source of problems.
Yeah. Seems like every problem is just a big surprise, surprise to them!
Thinking ahead doesn't seem to be their strong suit...
I guess all the really smart guys in Japan are at Toyoda, Honda and Sony...
This is the 1st news I’ve heard in a long time.
I’m beginning to wonder if the plant was falling apart long before the quake. What do the maintenance records show and were they forged or used inferior parts?
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