Nitrogen injection stopped again

 

Nitrogen injection for reactor 1~3 stopped again, Tepco reported on 4/7/2012.
They started the back-up unit one hour later, but still the reason is not verified.
Tepco states, it might be because of the clogging filter.

Nitrogen injection stopped 3 times only in one month. Including the leakage of highly contaminated water, troubles are happening almost everyday.

Source

窒素注入装置また停止=1カ月で3度目、東電「調査中」
東京電力福島第1原発事故で、東電は7日、1~3号機の格納容器と圧力容器に窒素を注入する装置が停止したと発表した。1時間後に予備機を起動し、窒素注入は再開されたが、原因は分かっていない。同社は「調査中だが、フィルターの目詰まりも推定される」としている。
この1カ月で窒素注入装置の停止は3回目。汚染水の漏れなども含め、福島第1原発では連日のようにトラブルが続いている。(2012/04/07-19:39)

 

 

 

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I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
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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