By Jun Hongo via Wall Street Journal August 3rd, 2015 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it successfully removed the largest piece of debris from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant’s Unit 3 reactor, which had fallen inside the spent-fuel pool following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. According to Tepco, the company used two 600-ton cranes to lift the 20-ton fuel-handling machine, which was sitting on top of more than 500 fuel … Continue reading →
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via the-japan-news.com / April 11, 2105 / The government and Tokyo Electric Power Co. are studying three different plans to remove melted nuclear fuel from reactors at the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, it has been learned. The Yomiuri Shimbun obtained a draft outline of an operation road map as well as a strategic plan on technical methods concerning the removal of melted fuel rods in reactors Nos. 1 … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia japantimes.com / March 27, 2015 / Tokyo Electric Power Co. has disclosed that a 35-ton piece of machinery debris might be resting on the inner gate of the spent fuel pool for reactor 3 of the Fukushima No. 1 power plant and that the gate is slightly out of position. TEPCO said Thursday that a fuel-handling machine dislodged during the March 2011 quake, tsunami and meltdown-triggered hydrogen explosions is … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia simplyinfo.org / November 4, 2014 / Drone footage taken of the Unit 3 refueling floor.
Continue readingvia NHK World / August 6, 2014 / The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says the damage to nuclear fuel in one of its reactors may be worse than previously thought. Tokyo Electric Power Company engineers have been working to size up damage at the plant from the March 2011 accident and start the process of decommission. Officials with the utility now say most of the nuclear … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia world-nulear-news.org / July 24, 2014 / New approaches to removing the contaminated water from trenches around units 2 and 3 at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant are being explored after attempts to freeze it failed. The trenches contain highly-contaminated water that has flowed from the main power plant buildings – a mixture of injected cooling water and groundwater that has leaked into the basements. In April, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) attempted … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia EX-SKF / May 10, 2014 / Just as the start of fuel assembly removal from Reactor 4′s Spent Fuel Pool was anticlimactic, so is the removal of debris from Reactor 3′s Spent Fuel Pool. No one reports it (not even the independent journalists these days), and TEPCO does not publicize. According to the progress report inside the updated Roadmap (4/24/2014; from page 222 to page 233), since December 17, … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia EX-SKF / January 19, 2014 / This is today’s update on the water leak from the MSIV (Main Steam Isolation Valve) Room of Reactor 3 at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. (Previous posts on the subject are here and here.) TEPCO says they did the nuclide analysis of the water sample that the robot collected. The temperature and the levels of contamination indicate it is the water that comes … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia EX-SKF / January 18, 2014 / TEPCO released the video which was being taken by the robot on the first floor of Reactor 3 and which was being monitored by a TEPCO employee who noticed the water. The flow looks significant and fast. From TEPCO’s photos and video library, 1/18/2014: Location of the MSIV Room: Radiation levels on the 1st floor of Reactor 3, from yesterday’s post: The … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia NHK / January 18, 2014 / The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it has found water pouring into a drain inside the number 3 reactor building. Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is yet to determine where the water comes from, or how much radioactive material it contains. The company said that the water leak was spotted on the first floor of the reactor … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / December 31, 2013 / The post is for my own record and for those who missed the news in July this year about the steam rising from a gap near the shield plug on the operating floor of Reactor 3 at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. For more posts on the subject, go here. 0. The steam looks like this: TEPCO’s hypothesis from July is that it … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia ex-SKF / December 29, 2013 / (UPDATE 12/31/2013) For those who want the summary of the steam incident since July this year and the Reactor 3 operating floor condition since the March 2011 accident, I have a new post. ==================== An acquaintance who casually follows the Fukushima I NPP accident sent me a link, quite worried. I opened the link, and I started laughing, then I despaired – realizing … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia ENEnews.com / December 28, 2013 / Tepco (translation), Dec. 27, 2013: At around 7:00 am on December 27, and confirmed by the camera that from Unit 3 reactor building, 5th floor near the center, steam is generated. Have not been identified abnormal plant conditions of 54 minutes at 7:00 am the same day, the indicated value of the monitoring post (meteorological data of 50 minutes at 7:00 am, 5.1 … Continue reading →
Continue readingvia SimplyInfo.org / July 17, 2013 / After months of data about water and little else, TEPCO remains mum on unit 3. Considerable progress has been made in removing the debris on the refueling floor. This reveals what could be considerable information and evidence related to the meltdown and massive blast at unit 3. The last report on unit 3 was in late May when they installed a cover over … Continue reading →
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