[300m3 leakage] Tepco found 2 leaking bolts in the tank / The bolts are not loosened

Following up this article..300m3 leakage tank had 5 loosened bolts, sealing parts widely detached [URL]

 

On 9/25/2013, Tepco announced they found the two bolts that may have caused the 300m3 leakage. They are located on the bottom of the tank.

They inspected it by spreading the bubbles over the bolts and vacuum them from the outside of the tank. On those 2 bolts, the bubble was vacuumed to the outside through the possible leaking points.

 

According to Tepco, these bolts were not loosened. The size of the leaking areas and the reason are not investigated yet.

If it’s the design flaw, 350 of other tanks may leak from the same area.

 

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2013/images/handouts_130925_06-j.pdf

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

 

 

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[300 m³] Tepco découvre deux fuites sur des boulons de la citerne / Ils ne sont pas desserrés


Article lié : La citerne qui a fuit les 300 m³ a 5 boulons desserrés, des joints d’étanchéité largement distendus

Le 25 septembre 2013, Tepco annonce qu’ils ont découvert les deux boulons sans doute à l’origine des 300 m³ de fuite. Ils les ont situés au fond de la citerne.
L’inspection s’est faite en recouvrant les boulons de bulles et en les aspirant par l’autre côté. Su ces deux boulons, les bulles ont été attirées de l’autre côté de la paroi par ces endroits probablement à l’origine de la fuite.

Selon Tepco, ces boulons n’étaient pas desserrés. La taille des zones de fuite et l’explication de leur présence ne sont pas encore établis. Si c’est un défaut de  conception, 350 autres citernes pourraient fuir dans la même zone.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2013/images/handouts_130925_06-j.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/tepconews/library/movie-01j.html

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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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