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  • They’re gonna flood the drywell?

    05/05/2011 10:01:43 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 5 replies
    Wormme.com ^ | May 5, 2011 | Wormme
    They’re gonna flood the drywell? Posted on May 5, 2011 by wormme That’s what I get from this TEPCO proposal (http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/110505e2.pdf). Correct me if I’m wrong. Since it is unusual to flood the primary containment vessel (dry/well)… Er…yes, that’s pretty unusual. As in, “never been done before, to my knowledge”. That’s a lot of water. But they seem confident the added stress won’t be problematic. And if I’m reading it right, they expect it to decrease the amount of rad material being spread from containment. The only adverse side effect I see is that they might get overflow into a...