{"id":2311,"date":"2011-04-07T21:06:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T19:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2013-03-01T00:44:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T22:44:02","slug":"27-days-after-the-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuclearpoweryesplease.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/07\/27-days-after-the-tsunami\/","title":{"rendered":"27 days after the tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"

21:00(CET)\/19:00(UTC)\/04:00(JST)<\/strong><\/p>\n

NISA has released a very well done summary of the events so far<\/a>, I highly\u00a0recommend\u00a0reading it!<\/p>\n

The event of today was that TEPCO started injecting nitrogen gas into the containment of reactor number 1. The nitrogen is injected in order to prevent the\u00a0possibility\u00a0of combustible mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen to appear. The nitrogen injection slightly raised the pressure of the containment as could be expected, the rise in pressure also shows that the containment is fairly tight and not leaking much, if anything at all.<\/p>\n

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The temperature of the feed water nozzle in reactor number one continues going down. Now it is down to 216.3\u00a0degrees\u00a0Celsius, 4 degrees less than yesterday. Pressure continues to climb, now at 859 kPa, up from 733 kPa yesterday.<\/p>\n

The other two reactors are pretty much unchanged, TEPCO is planning to fill those containments with nitrogen as well.\u00a0Dose rates within containments are on a falling trend, probably consistent with I-131 decay.<\/p>\n

In a press release today<\/a> related to the nitrogen injection TEPCO confirms that they suspect that the pressure vessels of the 3 reactors might be leaking. \u00a0Which explains why they want to inject the nitrogen. They also write that there is some damage to the number 1 containment, something they haven’t stated before.<\/p>\n

IAEA states<\/a> that they see early signs of recovery at the Fukushima Daiichi plant:<\/p>\n

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”There are early signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation,” Denis Flory, IAEA deputy director general and head of the department of nuclear safety and security, said at a press conference.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nevertheless the situation at the plant ”remains very serious,” he added.<\/em><\/p>\n


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The new quake that\u00a0occurred\u00a0today did not have any reported impact on the Fukushima reactors. Overall another baby step towards control of the situation has been taken.<\/p>\n

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Links(English)<\/strong>
\nReuters\u00a0Major aftershock shakes Japan’s ruined northeast coast<\/a>
\nWorld Nuclear News\u00a0New earthquake disrupts grid power<\/a><\/p>\n

Blogs(English)<\/strong>
\nAtomic Power Review\u00a0Nitrogen inerting drywells..<\/a>
\nAll things nuclear\u00a0How Many Cancers Did Chernobyl Really Cause?<\/a>
\nNEI Nuclear Notes\u00a0Here Comes Tomorrow<\/a>
\nNEI Nuclear Notes\u00a0Thursday Update<\/a><\/p>\n

Links(Swedish)<\/strong>
\nExpressen Arbetare p\u00e5 k\u00e4rnkraftverket i Fukushima evakuerades<\/a>
\nDN Tsunamivarning i Japan drogs tillbaka<\/a>
\nSvD K\u00e4rnkraftverk utryms efter nytt skalv idag <\/a><\/p>\n

Blogs(Swedish)<\/strong>
\nKunskapssamh\u00e4llet\u00a0Glas stoppar l\u00e4cka i Fukushima<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

21:00(CET)\/19:00(UTC)\/04:00(JST) NISA has released a very well done summary of the events so far, I highly\u00a0recommend\u00a0reading it! The event of today was that TEPCO started…<\/p>\n

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