Nuc plant watching system was out of order for 24 hours but media surveillance was on

ERSS “Emergency Response Support System” to watch the temperature or pressure of the container vessels and radiation level of all the nuclear plants in Japan turned out to have been out of order for longer than 24 hours since about 12:30 of 12/30/2011.

They did not announce it until it was back on.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization found out the problem in a back software.

12:30 12/30/2011
Plant staff of Shiga nuclear plant found out nothing was displayed in the screen of the system, and they noticed the entire system of all around in Japan went out of order.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency states “We were too relaxed because of the end of the year.”

(Source)

全国54原発の監視システム、トラブルで使えず 保安院1日以上公表せず「年末で気のゆるみ」
2011.12.31 19:35 [放射能漏れ]
経済産業省原子力安全・保安院は31日、全国54原発すべての原子炉の温度などを監視するシステムに不具合が起き、24時間以上にわたってデータを表示できなくなるトラブルがあったと発表した。すでに復旧しているが、保安院は1日以上、公表していなかった。

保安院によると、トラブルがあったのは、原子炉格納容器の温度や圧力、周辺の放射線量などのデータをリアルタイムで監視する「ERSS」と呼ばれるシステム。事故の進展の予測や放射性物質の拡散を予測する「SPEEDI」などにもデータが使われる。

30日午後0時半ごろ、志賀原発(石川県志賀町)の保安検査官が、システム端末の画面にデータが表示されていないことに気付いた。その後、すべての原発で同様のトラブルがあることが判明した。

保安院とERSSを管理する原子力安全基盤機構(JNES)が原因を調べたところ、原発からデータを集めて管理し、画面に表示するソフトウエアに不具合があったという。システムは31日午後2時半ごろ、復旧した。保安院は1日以上にわたって公表が遅れたことについて「原発施設のトラブルではなかったので、復旧を優先した。年末で気のゆるみがあった」と釈明している。

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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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