Mar 19, 2011
Fukushima Daiichi Update - Good News
UPDATE AS OF 8:00 P.M. EDT, SATURDAY, MARCH 19:
Powered by an emergency diesel generator, pumps are circulating cooling water in the spent fuel pools of reactors 5 and 6 at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, according to reports. The company also added water to the used fuel pool at reactor 3 after elite firefighters from Tokyo spent 13 hours operating a high-pressure spray truck that pumped seawater into the pool.
The company and response workers were planning to spray water into the used fuel pool at reactor 4 on Sunday.
Electric power lines are connected to reactors 1 and 2 and engineers expected to bring power to the remaining reactors on Sunday, according to the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum. “We do not know if the water pumps [at Fukushima Daiichi] have been damaged and if they will work when power is restored,” the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported that holes have been drilled into the ceilings of the buildings that house reactors 5 and 6 to prevent the buildup of hydrogen in the buildings.
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Thanks for the update. It's going to dominate the news for a while.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update... I may have to have you appear as a guest newsanchor on DragWitness News!
ReplyDeleteHoping that everything fall into place and a HUGE disaster over the already horrible events.
ReplyDeleteHope your weekend ends well
I am glad that you are keeping things up to date. The way the news cycle works you don't get rational reporting but sensational information that is not accurate but confirmed by a an 'expert' willing to speak with depth.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting that.
ReplyDeleteGee Ken the whole thing has been so over whelming and for you and Beth totally!
ReplyDeletePlease keep up those intersting uplifting entries! love and hugs
natalie
Lurkynat
p.s. love to Beth as well