[SystemSafety] Fukushima

Peter Bernard Ladkin ladkin at rvs.uni-bielefeld.de
Mon Oct 7 21:07:24 CEST 2013


Minor technical problem. Major ones are the continuing leaks of highly radioactive water into the environment, and the structural state of Spent Fuel Pool 4. And, one surmises, issues with water used for cooling the pressure vessels ending up all over the floor of the reactor buildings. Somehow.

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, University of Bielefeld and Causalis Limited

On 7 Oct 2013, at 20:30, Gergely Buday <gbuday at gmail.com> wrote:

> TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Monday that pumps used to inject water to cool damaged reactors were hit by a power failure, but a backup system kicked in immediately.
> 
> The Nuclear Regulation Authority said a worker conducting system inspections mistakenly pushed a button turning off power to some of the systems in the four reactor buildings at the Fukushima plant.
> 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/06/fukushima-nuclear-plant_n_4055476.html
> 
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