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Atomic Rats, Fishing For Beams & Cleaning Up The Common Pool At Daiichi
[Translate] Workers at the plant are reporting seeing rats at Daiichi. Worker Happy11311 mentioned seeing them and was worried they would damage cables at the plant. They could cause obvious safety problems if they chewed on electrical or water lines. Small animals also pose the risk of getting into equipment and causing issues by tripping electrical systems. Then there is the problem of rats being in contact with high levels of radiation then making them highly contaminated. This can cause problems as they then spread the contamination up the food chain or take it with them if they leave the immediate area. TEPCO successfully pulled the steel beam that had fallen in the spent fuel pool of #3 back in October. They did a practice run and installed some safety bumpers … Read entire article »
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The Future Of Fukushima Daiichi Spent Fuel
[Translate] This little talked about set of challenges will play a considerable role in the decommissioning and safety of Fukushima Daiichi. We have collected up all of the bits of information about the spent fuel and the handling options to gain a better understanding of the challenge. Spent Fuel: Each fuel assembly weighs about .5 tons Each fuel assembly contains 50 to 70 fuel rods, an 8×8 BWR fuel assembly contains 64 fuel rods plus 2 hollow tie rods. Common pool inventory: 6375 1-4 sfp’s inventory: 3108 Total plant inventory (not including reactor cores):11417 Unit 1 SFP: 292 irradiated (used) fuel assemblies and 100 unirradiated new unused assemblies Unit 2 SFP: 587 irradiated (used) fuel assemblies and 28 unirradiated new unused assemblies Unit 3 SFP: 514 irradiated (used) fuel assemblies and 52 unirradiated new unused assemblies Unit 4 SFP: 1331 irradiated … Read entire article »
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