Breaking news : Possible leakage of skimmer surge tank of reactor 3

Because the SFP of reactor 4 is in crisis, we have paid all of our attention to reactor 4, but the FPC skimmer surge tank level of reactor 3 is very unstable according to the report of Tepco.

At 5:00 1/4/2012, FPC skimmer surge tank level was 7,350 mm.

However, at 11:00 1/4/2012, it dropped down to 5,240 mm.

Since then, it keeps decreasing.

None of the announcement is given from Tepco or Japanese government about it.

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank levelReactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

 

1) Though it was 7,350 mm on 1/1/2012, it’s dropped to 2,980 mm on 1/10/2012.

2) Though there was a huge gap between 4,810 mm (1/5/2012) and 2,510 mm (1/8/2012), they skipped updating the data on 1/6 and 1/7.

3) Cesium increased by 3 times as much as usual at intake of reactor 3 on 1/5/2012. (Source)

4) According to the definition of FPC skimmer surge tank level on the report, there is no gauge to tell the actual water level, they only assume the number from other “data”.

Reactor 3 of Fukushima : decreasing of the FPC skimmer surge tank level

There are still too much to investigate.

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
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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