Skip to comments.
Japan minister visits nuke plant amid safety worry (bulging wall of reactor #4 building)Fox News ^ | 05/26/12
Posted on 05/26/2012 7:52:30 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Japan minister visits nuke plant amid safety worry
TOKYO ? Japan's environment and nuclear minister visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Saturday to inspect a spent fuel pool at the center of safety concerns and said it appeared to have been properly reinforced.
The visit by Goshi Hosono, apparently aimed at demonstrating the safety of the facility, came amid renewed concerns about conditions at the plant's No. 4 reactor after its operator reported a bulging of the building's wall. Nuclear regulators ordered a new investigation and seismic tests of the building and its pool.
The building was damaged by an explosion and fire soon after the Fukushima plant was hit by a massive magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. The pool, located at the top of the building above the reactor, remains one of the plant's biggest risks due to its vulnerability to earthquakes.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., has reinforced the structure and says it now can withstand temblors as strong as last year's quake.
A small group of journalists was allowed to enter the reactor building for the first time with Hosono. Inside there were piles of broken wall panels, pieces of cement and mangled equipment, showing the magnitude of the explosion.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fukushima; radiation; reactor4
To: TigerLikesRooster; sushiman; Ronin; AmericanInTokyo; gaijin; struggle; DTogo; GATOR NAVY; Iris7; ...
2 posted on 05/26/2012 7:53:53 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)To: TigerLikesRooster
I may be an average joe, but a bulging wall indicates pressure. This may not be a good thing. Bulges usually blow out.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
you?re not from Muskogee, by any chance?
4 posted on 05/26/2012 8:18:27 AM PDT by brivette
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
? Bulges usually blow out.?
Oh oh! I have a bulge! Look out! I?m gonna blow out!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
Skip to comments.
Japan minister visits nuke plant amid safety worry (bulging wall of reactor #4 building)Fox News ^ | 05/26/12
Posted on 05/26/2012 7:52:30 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Japan minister visits nuke plant amid safety worry
TOKYO ? Japan's environment and nuclear minister visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Saturday to inspect a spent fuel pool at the center of safety concerns and said it appeared to have been properly reinforced.
The visit by Goshi Hosono, apparently aimed at demonstrating the safety of the facility, came amid renewed concerns about conditions at the plant's No. 4 reactor after its operator reported a bulging of the building's wall. Nuclear regulators ordered a new investigation and seismic tests of the building and its pool.
The building was damaged by an explosion and fire soon after the Fukushima plant was hit by a massive magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. The pool, located at the top of the building above the reactor, remains one of the plant's biggest risks due to its vulnerability to earthquakes.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., has reinforced the structure and says it now can withstand temblors as strong as last year's quake.
A small group of journalists was allowed to enter the reactor building for the first time with Hosono. Inside there were piles of broken wall panels, pieces of cement and mangled equipment, showing the magnitude of the explosion.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fukushima; radiation; reactor4
To: TigerLikesRooster; sushiman; Ronin; AmericanInTokyo; gaijin; struggle; DTogo; GATOR NAVY; Iris7; ...
2 posted on 05/26/2012 7:53:53 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)To: TigerLikesRooster
I may be an average joe, but a bulging wall indicates pressure. This may not be a good thing. Bulges usually blow out.
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
you?re not from Muskogee, by any chance?
4 posted on 05/26/2012 8:18:27 AM PDT by brivette
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
? Bulges usually blow out.?
Oh oh! I have a bulge! Look out! I?m gonna blow out!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
odom vt vt los angeles angels los angeles angels lindsay lohan’s playboy cover leaked online lindsay lohan’s playboy cover leaked online
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.