Last updated on March 1, 2013
Update 19:00(CET)/17:00(UTC)/02:00(JST)
New NISA and JAIF updates. NISA from 06:00 and JAIF from 20:00. Same as usual JAIF number first and NISA after within ().
Reactor 1:
Water level in the core: 1.60 (1.60) meters below the top of fuel assemblies
Flow rate of injected water: 141 liter/minute
Core pressure: 603(603) kPa
Containment pressure: 285(280) kPa
Core temperature(feedwater nozzle):323.3 Celsius
Core temperature(bottom head): 139.4 Celsius
Dose rate within containment: 36 Sv/hour
Reactor 2:
Water level in the core: 1.5 (1.5) meters below the top of fuel assemblies
Flow rate of injected water: 117 liter/minute
Core pressure: unknown
Containment pressure: 100 (110) kPa
Core temperature(feedwater nozzle): 153.7 Celsius
Core temperature(bottom head): 77.7 Celsius
Dose rate within containment: 40.4 Sv/hour
Spent fuel pool temperature: 45 Celsius
Reactor 3:
Water level in the core: 2.3 (2.3) meters below the top of fuel assemblies
Flow rate of injected water: 200 liters/minute
Core pressure: 135 (135) kPa
Containment pressure: 108.5 (108.5) kPa
Core temperature(feedwater nozzle): 61.5 Celsius (obviously error)
Core temperature(bottom head): 120.9 Celsius
Dose rate within containment: 29.2 Sv/hour
Number one is quite hot, otherwise no major change. Running a bit short on time so Kyodo has a good summary of the situation and IAEA.
Update 08:30(CET)/06:30(UTC)/15:30(JST)
JAIF and NISA updates. NISA hasn’t released any new information on flow rates, temperatures or containment dose rates. There is no big change in the pressures or water levels of the reactors so I will omit the normal list of parameters I write down. If NISA release temperatures I will include it.
The Asahi Shimbun reports that TEPCO admits there is possible damage to the lower parts of the reactor pressure vessels. TEPCO states that the breaches can not be very large since the pressure in pressure vessels are maintained at a higher level than in the containment structure.
There seems to be a problem again in keeping the number 1 reactor cool. The temperature of the core increased to over 300 degrees celsius again and TEPCO had to increase the flow of water into the core.
Links (English)
Reuters Japan finds plutonium at stricken plant
NEI nuclear notes We should stop running away from radiation
Union of Concerned Scientists Where did all the water in the spent fuel pools go
Links(Swedish)
SvD Plutonium sprids i Fukushima
DN Plutoniumfynd vid Fukushima
Aftonbladet Plutonium i marken vid Fukushima
Expressen TEPCO chefen kan ha flytt från Japan
Röda Malmö
Krassman
Jinge
Röda berget
Uppkäftiga Uppsala
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I read something I thought odd in Sydsvenskan (Swedish newspaper) 2011-03-29, page A14. Article credits are going to TT-AFP-Reuters.
“För första gången har energibolaget Tepco meddelat att finns risk att inneslutningarna kan ha skadats på Fukushima 1, 2 och 3.”
My translation: “For the first time the energy company Tepco have reported that there is risk that the containments may have been damaged din Fukushima 1, 2 and 3”
I wonder if this really is true. I seem to remember official talk about possible damage to containment buildings earlier.
I think SvD has confused pressure vessel with containment in this case. There was a news yesterday in a japanese newspaper that TEPCO suspects there are holes in the pressure vessels(I have not been able to confirm it through other media or the status updates). They have not stated anything new about the containment vessels as far as I have seen and the status according to JAIF is the same as usual, number 1 and 3 undamaged and number 2 damaged.