Tuesday, February 7, 2012

#Fukushima I Nuke Plant Reactor 2 Sub-drain Water Overflowing from the Temporary Tank

Near the end of TEPCO's morning press conference on February 8, TEPCO's PR man mentioned in passing that the water from the Reactor 2 sub-drain pit stored in the temporary pool was found overflowing.

"OK, no more question?... Well then we have one last announcement for you ..."

According to TEPCO:

  • TEPCO has been conducting the experiment to clean the sub-drain pit water.

  • The Reactor 2's sub-drain pit water is being pumped into a temporary storage tank which has the device submerged in the tank to decontaminate the water.

  • At 9:40AM on February 8 the water was found overflowing from the tank.

  • The pump was stopped, then the overflow stopped.

  • No information yet on how much water have been spilled, on the density of radioactive materials in the water, or whether the water spilled into the ocean.

  • More details in the evening press conference.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those extra TONNES of water..thats where it went. We thought it would go into the ocean..we were correct. Radiation? not to worry--so you glow in the dark, have offspring with two heads. Just minor. Simile.

What a total disregard to safety for everyone! Where is the international community in all this radioactive dumping? If an individual did anything similar --we would be in jail for life, be fined millions and millions of dollars. Japan just ignores.."OK? No questions? On to next topic.."

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