Spent Fuel Pools

Fuel removal of reactor4 will continue until December 2014

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Following up this article.. Tepco to start removing fuel from reactor4 pool around 10th November [URL]

 

In the press conference of 10/25/2013, Tepco’s spokesman announced the reactor4 fuel removal will continue until December of 2014.

M7.1 hit Fukushima plant on 10/26/2013. It is not known if the removal system can resist the quakes and Tsunami during the operation.

 

http://www.tepco.co.jp/tepconews/library/movie-01j.html

 

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Le retrait des combustibles du réacteur 4 va durer jusqu’en décembre 2014
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Article lié : Tepco va commencer vers le 10 novembre le retrait des assemblages de combustible de la piscine du réacteur 4

Au cours de la conférence de presse du 25 octobre 2013, le porte-parole de Tepco a déclaré que le retrait des combustibles du réacteur 4 se prolongera jusqu’en décembre 2014.
Un séisme M7,1 a frappé la centrale de Fukushima le 26 octobre 2013. On ne sait pas si le système de retrait est capable de résister aux séismes et aux tsunamis pendant les opérations.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/tepconews/library/movie-01j.html

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16 Comments

  1. Looking for information about this operation in Internet, is qualified as extremely difficult and dangerous, not only for Japan but for all the planet. Experts say that Tepco alone can’t manage it, not even the Japanese government, they say that a world coordination between the best engineers and scientists is the only way to guarantee the security.

    The fuel rods aren’t in place due to the earthquake, some of them are deformed, they must always be wrapped with liquid without direct contact with oxygen’s atmosphere, the pool is heavily damaged, the area is so contaminated that the crane will be operated remotely. And the main problem with Tepco seems to be that technical decisions aren’t taken by engineers but by business managers, People who believe in God must pray and pray.

    1. Now that the crane is repaired the operation to transfer spent fuel rods to dry cask storage will be no more dangerous than at any other facility.

      The pool is not damaged. It does have some debris in it.

      The fuel rods are not damaged. They are sitting in their racks as you can plainly see in the photos.

      After sitting in the pools for more than 2 years they are cool enough that water cooling is no longer required.

      1. Poor diemos, you seem to be misinformed. Either that or you are, with Tepco, the nuclear industrialists, the infiltrated international agencies not protecting us, insane, blind, very stupid, or a combination of the above. Not even a nice try. No one is going to buy into your globalist bullshit.

      2. You seem to have missed some information, much of what you have to say is not correct.

        The crane is not repaired – it can not be repaired and will not be repaired. Indeed, much of the crane is in the pool with the fuel. The reason that TEPCO built the new structure attached to Unit 4 is to empty the pool. The entire cantilever structure was built because an entirely new crane is required. This is not a structure that would have been built if TEPCO had any other options.

        The new crane is not indexed to the pool, as the old one was, so it is not able to exactly locate the hoist points for the fuel. All of the work that was previously robotic and automatic will now have to be done manually. There is also all of the debris in the pool to be removed, again this must be done manually. This manual crane operation and debris removal is nothing like ‘any other facility,’ and will be much more dangerous.

        The pool and the fuel are damanged, both have been exposed to salt water. TEPCO built a support sturcture under the pool, the pool is still not operating normally. There is no photo, or series of photos that shows the mechanical/chemical conditions of the fuel, as such, there is no way that the photo(s) can clearly show a lack of damage.

        The reactor was shut down for refueling at the time of the explosion. The pool contains enough fuel to operate a nuclear power plant, even 2 years later. The fuel in the pool, without active cooling, can easily boil water. This will lower the water level in the pool. Eventually the fuel rods will become exposed. The outer coating of the fuel rods will burn when exposed to air. The rods are not even close to being at the point of no longer requiring liquid cooling, and even then they must not be exposed to air.

        None of your statments are correct. It is not impossible that all the fuel will be moved from the pool without any incident, but the number of ways to fail are without limit, while there is only 1 chance to do everything correctly.

      3. Don’t mind the fact that SFP4 caught fire and burned for nine days.
        You must have missed the photos of “poolium” flowing out the side of the building, too.
        Also note from FOI information that KI pills are allegedly worthless against Spent Fuel Pool releases.

        If it is so safe, why don’t you go and work there, Diemos (a Greek word for dread)?

        1. “You must have missed the photos of “poolium” flowing out the side of the building, too.”

          I did. Which wasn’t that hard to do since they don’t exist. Please go ahead and provide a link.

  2. Reality

    The situation is grave, and predictably, V. I. Diemos Also Known As (AKA) Village Idiot Diemos speaks his typical (brain-dead) nonsense. The REALITY is,

    The Northern Hemisphere will enter its most hazardous period since the Kарибский кризис (Cuban Missile Crisis). The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day nuclear stand down in October 1962. The players in that deadly poker game were the John Fitzgerald Kennedy (USA), Никита Сергеевич Хрущёв (Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev) of the Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (USSR or CCCP) and Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz of the República de Cuba. The Nuclear Clock reportedly twisted its hands to approximately 11:59:59 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The crisis is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into an all out nuclear exchange.

    The proposed peaceful, but fateful relocation of heavily DAMAGED nuclear fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant again advances the the nuclear clock to the cusp of midnight. TEPCO photo captions of Spent Fuel Pools are likely as BOGUS as the BP Macondo subsea footage. There is a distinct possibility of a cascading nuclear disaster. Hopefully, the probabilities of a ‘worst-case-scenario’ are low. It is reasonable to make your … long-term plans, religiously speaking. You may wish to reconsider any long-term spats with friends, family, neighbors and/or Creator; at this time. If you live in Japan; ‘do you feel lucky?’

    The temporal plans are fairly straightforward. Your evacuation plans should point toward South America, Australia, South Africa or perhaps Florida. The safest USA location is American Samoa. Change the air filters in your home, car and office. Begin taking double/triple mineral/vitamins, until you begin to pee bright yellow. Purchase KI or topical (povidone) iodine. It is skin adsorbant, in the event of ANOTHER fissioning event, in Fukushima. Eat Gulf Shrimp, Maine Lobster and fish/shellfish from the Atlantic, Carribean and/or Gulf of Mexico. Face masks, room filters, duct tape, food-staples and WATER are your essential survival gear.

    There is no hurry. There will be a six day travel time from Fukushima to the USA West Coast, in the event of ‘an event’. Your key to evacuate ASAP, is the oft-repeated phrase … ‘There is no immediate danger to the public’. Barack Obama and his family will be taking Bo to a ‘long scheduled’ event, south of the Equator. Congress will play endless looping hearings on CSPAN, but the members will actually be ‘hunkered down’ somewhere.

    Sincerely,

    Bill Duff

      1. The crux of the difficulty is continuing human error, by the somewhat error-prone TEPCO.

        There is a distinct possibility of a cascading nuclear disaster. Hopefully, the probabilities of a ‘worst-case-scenario’ are low.

        Japan is playing at the ‘big stakes table’. Their ancestral homeland and future survival of the Nipponese, are the wager. TEPCO will begin to throw the dice in about 2.5 weeks.

        Let’s consider the extent of the Spent Fuel damages and sequela.

        There were numerous fires in the Fukushima Daiichi Spent Fuel Pools, particularly including FDNPP SFP-4. That translates to porphyritic (spontaneous combustion) zircalloy fires. Temperatures of 9,000 degrees Farenheit were reported. Such temperatures are consistent with a number of metals burning, including uranium and cesium. I presume, from the observed Fukushima particles that plutonium is included in the list.

        Some of these fused radioactive particles sourced from the Atomic Explosion in the FDU-3 reactor, and were scattered across a thousand square miles of Honshu Island. It is well within the realm of possibility, that the porphyritic conflagrations in SPF-4 contributed similar fused nuclear fuel emissions, with various particle sizes.

        Sincerely,

        Bill Duff

  3. Mochizuki: I am an individual reader who was in Tokyo on 3/11, now back in USA.

    My recommendation for you is to republish the website as headlines only with access to content only for subscribed individuals. This does not mean you need to charge subscribers to see content, only that they are registered so you know who they are, or who they work for.

  4. Thank you, Bill Duff, for your insightful,knowledgeable comments.
    Great advice, however I personally wouldn’t be choosing and seafood or shellfish particularly gulf shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico. I have read that there have been abnormalities in the shrimp and probably lots of bioaccumulated toxins from the oil and chemicals(corexit).
    Sad,what humans have/are doing to this planet. 🙁
    Thank you,Lori Mochizuki for your hard work. best wishes
    Peace,
    kathryn

    1. Relatively clean dietary sources of Iodine are important in the wake of fission events.

      Play the odds, not the feelings.

      Everything that a kid wants to do is the absolute WORST thing to do, in a nuclear contamination event.

      Sincerely,

      Bill Duff

  5. Windex, Alcohol wipes, hand-cleaner and lint-remover tape will reduce the radionuclides that will stick to you, everywhere you go.

    Baggies taped over the kid’s shoes and mittens, will reduce contamination.

    Rinse and then soak, if possible, any questionable food. The cesium, strontium and iodine will mostly go down the drain. Baking soda, added to the water, will help soak out the poisons from vegetables and fruits.

    Well water, RO Water and distilled water are best. Bottled spring water is probably OK. Filtered water is better than nothing. Even a coffee filter or paper towel will reduce the contamination level substantially, in known contaminated water.

    Zeolyte is a good thing, but should mostly be fed to livestock, not people.

    Begin to watch food date codes. You can probably get an Iphone AP or a decoder on the internet. Old food, except for 2011 food, is safer than fresh food. White (polished) rice is safer than brown rice. Skip the mushrooms, tuna, salmon and the fresh dairy (after the 1st week or so). Aged cheese (mild then, medium (6-months), sharp (1 year) & extra-sharp (2 years – so avoid until after 2013 from the last Fukushima radiation release.)

    Survival is a numbers game. Play the percentages. Avoid stupidity and panic. Avoid idiots!

    Sincerely,

    Bill Duff

  6. Please find latest Divine Message received October 25, 2013 (I am medium) :

    MAN SHOULD EAT THOUSAND SALT.

    THOUSAND RADIOACTIVITY IMMINENT.

    INTAKE OF THOUSAND SALT will PROTECT TYROIDE.

    MEN MAKE the ERROR IGNORING THOUSAND DIVINE ADVICE.

    MEN MAKE the ERROR BELIEVING that the ABC is INVENTED.

    MEN MAKE the ERROR TO DO AS USUAL TOMORROW.

    WE (= the souls) WANT TO ADVISE MEN TO TRUST TOMORROW the ABC of SOULS. MEN WILL EXPERIENCE THOUSAND SUFFERING.

    MAN’S IDEA that the ABC is INVENTED, is THOUSANDFOLD WRONG.

    FUKUSHIMA is an EXTREME DANGER FOR MEN.

    MAN’S IDEA that FUKUSHIMA is FINISHED, is THOUSANDFOLD WRONG.

  7. Can all the mediums, soothsayers, and doomsday merchants go to Fukushima, to put in a bit of actual physical effort supporting the locals.
    Thanks

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Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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