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So, MOX fuel would roughly count at about 6.1% of the overall fuel used in #3 reactor. That's only slightly above the 5% mentioned before. Could anyone confirm this?by Pedro Jesus 3/28/2011 9:37:52 PM
@marie rich NISA reports? Yeah no new ones yetby NHK Listener 3/28/2011 9:37:59 PM- @Jojo I think we all hope that. What really gets me going is how the "authorities" in Japan can so quickly and easily discount sound scientific evidence of a reactor vessel breach just because no one has a photo of it or no one has actually seen it! To me that would seem to be insanity in action and if so it doesn't bode well for a good outcome. (yes my opinion only).by Gordon 3/28/2011 9:38:11 PM
- by NHK Listener 3/28/2011 9:38:14 PM
@NHK Listener Thanks. I thought they posted them there, but nothing!!by marie rich 3/28/2011 9:39:53 PM
@Dean: www.iasmirt.org read RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Page 5by Tenzing 3/28/2011 9:39:53 PM- @peter the interview of employees between quake and isumai he was inside #3 when quake hit and they complained of steam/smoke (were locked in for 10 min) and they had trouble breathing.... so something was going on before the wave......by fitter 3/28/2011 9:40:00 PM
@Gordon, et al: I was curious why TEPCO reached out to EDF, a French utility company, for assist. Old PR: On January 8, 2003, the consortium consisting of Electricite de France
(EDF),Sumitomo Corporation and TEPCO started construction of the natural
gas ACC (Advanced Combined Cycle) power plant so as to commence commercial
operation in September 2004 in respect of the Phu My 2-2 Project, the first
IPP project in Vietnam.by Karen Warren 3/28/2011 9:40:05 PM- ethier TEPCO knows more than they are releasing, OR they don't want to know the answers to some questions.by fitter 3/28/2011 9:42:39 PM
- @marie rich Yeah there are usually 3 by now..by NHK Listener 3/28/2011 9:42:45 PM
- @NHK Listener Hmmm...curioser...by marie rich 3/28/2011 9:43:10 PM
@Pedro Jesus Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 was operating with 32
mixed oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies and 516 low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel assemblies in its
reactor core. In other words, less than 6% of the fuel in the Unit 3 core was MOX fuelby Arin Murtagh 3/28/2011 9:43:31 PM
@fitter tepco subcontactor interview www.reuters.com I wonder why there's no sign of tsunami damage around the plant. If anyone has photos showing pre explosion debris please postby Pat 3/28/2011 9:43:33 PM
Have any of the workers inside the building when the earthquake struck been interviewed besides this guy?
www.reuters.comby JMV 3/28/2011 9:43:51 PM- Of course, TEPCO, knows more than its releasing. If it doesn't, better don your tin foil hat.by Karen Warren 3/28/2011 9:44:22 PM
- I don't have link...thought there was a tepco employee that went to another plant...daini? not sure maybe I'm confusedby Pat 3/28/2011 9:45:15 PM
- Is this new? www.asahi.com <-- TEPCO admitting that RPVs are breached.by sims 3/28/2011 9:45:19 PM
- So have any bloodhounds here run down the chances of plutoniu oxide/hydrate exploding? I've been gone awhileby marie rich 3/28/2011 9:45:40 PM
- @sims recycled ap storyby NHK Listener 3/28/2011 9:46:28 PM
by George Gibb 3/28/2011 9:46:50 PM- has problems poss. related to Oak Ridge - 4 gen's - grandfather was Manhattan project scientist, his children grew up there. Mitochondrial issues. Any similarities? Sorry so OT, but wanted to ask, it's almost impossible to connect the dots.by @Jim Carver My family too... 3/28/2011 9:46:54 PM
- @Jojo: Mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel performance benchmarks
L. J. Ott a,*, Terje Tverberg b, Enrico Sartori c
a Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
b OECD Halden Reactor Project, Halden, Norway
c OECD/NEA Data Bank, Paris, France
Abstract www.ornl.govby Tenzing 3/28/2011 9:47:06 PM 
hi allby Jo Lindien 3/28/2011 9:47:06 PM- @Jo Lindien Helloby NHK Listener 3/28/2011 9:48:22 PM
- @Karen: EDF is experienced with MOX, that may be the reason TEPCO ask for their help. [Ironical] They also have great experience of annoying facts hiding... May it help ?by Jo Lindien 3/28/2011 9:48:23 PM
- by George Gibb 3/28/2011 9:48:57 PM
- @sims They have officially admitted that possibility for over a week now, so that is old news. They haven't admitted that it has actually happened but since there is still no proof of it having happened we will have to wait for confirmation.by Pedro Jesus 3/28/2011 9:49:04 PM
@sims : this sounds new - 3 reactor breaches ?by Matsuoko 3/28/2011 9:49:05 PM- @sims This was posited by our blog days ago. we are good! But at least they're admitting it, finallyby marie rich 3/28/2011 9:49:14 PM
@@Jim Carver My family too... I stepped away for a minute. Missed somethingby Jim Carver 3/28/2011 9:49:16 PM- interview but no real info except that he wants his identity concealed ttp://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-19/world/japan.one.man_1_daiichi-plant-fuel-rods-kashiwazaki?_s=PM:WORLDby Pat 3/28/2011 9:49:21 PM
- by George Gibb 3/28/2011 9:49:32 PM
Does it strike anyone else that right about now there must whole wings of buildings doing some serious word parsing for their next series of news releases?by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 9:50:00 PM
@JMV There was a guy from Canada (Ontario I think) working #4 when the quake hit. I can't find an online source. I watched him being interviewed on tvby d_news 3/28/2011 9:50:06 PM- @Marie Rich: "Many commercial nuclear power plants in Europe operate hybrid cores of low-enriched uranium (LEU)
and mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies, complicating material verification and safeguards." www.ornl.govby Tenzing 3/28/2011 9:50:18 PM - by George Gibb 3/28/2011 9:50:34 PM
- Sorry got first part of message cut off. @ Jim Carver my family also has problems possibly related to Oak Ridge - 4 generations - grandfather was a Manhattan project scientist, his children grew up there. Mitochondrial issues. Any similarities? Sorry so OT, but wanted to ask, it's almost impossible to connect the dots.by watching 3/28/2011 9:50:43 PM
- @Karen: what is scary is that I'm not even sure that Tepco knows more than what they say. They always seem to act as in total panic.by Jo Lindien 3/28/2011 9:50:57 PM
- by George Gibb 3/28/2011 9:51:13 PM
- @marie rich It's such carefully scaled layers of admission, I keep thinking back tot he "grandma's on the roof" discussion the other day.by RadioGuy 3/28/2011 9:51:40 PM
"Newly released aerial footage from the day of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, shows both the immediate damage to the Fukushima nuclear plant and the massive tsunami wave heading inshore."by elainekirk 3/28/2011 9:51:48 PM- I posted this link before. Interesting spin on things from various experts. You will have to filter through some of the OT discussions, but definitely worth your time. bravenewclimate.comby Karen Warren 3/28/2011 9:51:51 PM
- by George Gibb 3/28/2011 9:52:00 PM
- Newly released aerial footage from the day of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, shows both the immediate damage to the Fukushima nuclear plant and the massive tsunami wave heading inshore. Can somebody put the video on here www.channel4.comby elainekirk 3/28/2011 9:52:37 PM
- by George Gibb 3/28/2011 9:53:11 PM
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