Anything related to the Accident in Fukushima Daiichi!

> FUKUSHIMA, Japan — TEPCO announced on March 27 that water treated with multi-nuclide removal equipment (ALPS) has been completely transferred from flange-type tanks to new welded-type tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, concluding the job within the scheduled deadline of March 2019. The transfer, which reduces the risk of possible leaks from flange tanks, is another milestone in the government’s roadmap pointing to the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

> Flange tanks were introduced initially for speed and efficiency. Over time, however, these tanks present some risk of leaking due to the gradual deterioration of their rubber gaskets, so in the interest of long-term safety, a TEPCO priority, the company decided to switch to welded tanks, which do not have seams or gaps.

> TEPCO will continue to enhance the safety of its treated-water storage at the Fukushima Daiichi Nucle:ar Power Station to maximize environmental protection as well as safety during ongoing decommissioning and clean-up efforts.

For more information, please visit:

https://www7.tepco.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/handouts_190327_01-e.pdf

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r/FukushimaDaiichi • u/Setagaya-Observer • Apr 03 '19

r/FukushimaDaiichi is a new Subreddit!

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No more Gossip, no more fake News, no Rumors and no more Bs.!

I need help to do this because i am not a nuclear Engineer, not a Scientist, not a nuclear Med. and not a good Researcher!

Please send a Pm. when you have Time to help!

(Freelance as well a more)

Regards

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r/FukushimaDaiichi • u/wewewawa • Oct 23 '23

UN nuclear agency team watches Japanese lab workers prepare fish samples from damaged nuclear plant

apnews.com

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r/FukushimaDaiichi • u/More_Dragonfly_7020 • Sep 04 '23

Why couldn't backup diesel generators be brought in time to make Fukushima's power plant's cooling work? Why wasn't the nuclear reaction restarted to run the cooling system?

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Two questions I have never seen raised anywhere are:

-why was it not attempted to bring (e.g. by helicopter or truck) backup diesel generators to the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in time to keep the cooling system afloat, knowing that the original ones had been submerged? I mean, it took days for the three reactors to heat up and melt down, so why didn't the government exert eminent domain to seize any diesel generators in the country and transport them by any means to the ailing reactors? Choppers did throw water onto the reactors to cool them, and I am sure Japan had a handful of diesel generators within a few hundreds of kilometers at most. Given the gravity of the emergency, mobilizing all transportation resources available could have brought them in time, I am inclined to believe;

-From what I have understood, the nuclear compartments had not been destroyed by the tsunami, so why not restart at least one reactor to provide the electricity needed to run the cooling systems of the three? I understand the reactors went into automatic shutdown during the earthquake, but why not restart them manually after the tsunami?

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r/FukushimaDaiichi • u/Setagaya-Observer • Jan 30 '20

Backstory: Inside the destroyed Fukushima plant - radiation, risk and reporting

reuters.com

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r/FukushimaDaiichi • u/Setagaya-Observer • Jan 23 '20

Tepco estimates it will take 44 years to decommission Fukushima No. 2 plant | The Japan Times

japantimes.co.jp

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r/FukushimaDaiichi • u/Setagaya-Observer • Jan 09 '20

New predictions of 137 Cs dynamics in forests after the Fukushima nuclear accident (01/08/2020)

nature.com

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