Posted on 02/09/2013 5:20:32 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
TEPCO accident causes new problem at Fukushima
February 08, 2013
The operator of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has admitted dislodging broken equipment weighing 1.5 tons and sending it falling further into a pool where fragile nuclear fuel rods lie.
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As my dad used to say...”Put that down before somebody gets hurt.”
Or you could just hire people who know what they’re doing.
Poor choice of words or a premonition?
Probably both.
The title is a poor choice of words. A 1.5 ton hoist is usually used to identify a hoist with a capacity to lift 1.5 tons or 3000lb.
A piece of equipment was dislodged weighing 3000 lbs onto the fuel rods in the pool.
It’s been a lost cause from day one and these bumpling idiots aren’t helping anything. Does anyone know if they got any bites on their job shopping for foreigners to come work on it with big salaries and major perks to bring along the wife and kids?
Reading the story, the crane over the spent fuel rod pool had previously crashed into the pool during the seismic event. Some equipment still remained above the pool with some 677 spent fuel rods in it in Reactor #3 complex.
Some other activity caused ‘vibrations’ which dislodged a loose motor, which recently crashed into the pool down upon the rods.
They were planning to let down a camera into the pool to see if the dropped equipment damaged any of the rods.
Let's send Sean Penn over there with his flat bottom river boat and his 12 gauge shotgun, and his 30 photographers.
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