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@Angie It's an ordering site for nuclear equipment. All it says is that it's a check valve, which is a valve that automatically prevents back flow (of water).

by marie rich 5/10/2011 4:26:21 AM

@marie rich Thak you for looking! lol ok I am back to watching now its all so far over my head again!...........and hubby and kids home soon!
by Angie 5/10/2011 4:29:57 AM

Sorry to post again, but for google I will re-state. bronze phalange on a nuclear reactor reading is probably the feed water flow rate to the reactor, not the temperature.
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:31:32 AM

I did some searches and this site was one of the first to pop up :-)
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:32:10 AM

@marie rich lol oh yeah it is!! @Ralph thank you for digging it up for us!!
by Angie 5/10/2011 4:34:04 AM

That is on the top of the reactor, so it would be the hottest.
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:35:04 AM

Most of what I did not read said, "}}} {{{Security-Related Information-}}}
Withheld Under 10 CFR 2.39
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:35:10 AM

The Children of Minamisoma City, Part 1
In the zone 20-30 km from the damaged nuclear power plant in Japan, the children whose parents have decided not to evacuate them are heading back to school amidst abnormally high levels of radiation and toxic rain.
This is part 1 of a behind the scenes look of what happened during the filming of the latest feature documentary by Ian Thomas Ash and Colin O'Neill. www.youtube.com
by Majjham Zazen 5/10/2011 4:36:19 AM

@Ralph Unger Saw that. But ya know this thing is acting like a radiator.
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:36:30 AM

I cannot imagine that water could be at 339 C and not explode.
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:37:27 AM

@Majjham Zazen It's terrible what they are doing with their rush to normalcy.
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:37:52 AM

Carbon steel has its limits. Especially after being corroded by seawater.
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:38:40 AM

@Ralph Unger I was going to look up melting pt. bronze/brass. It's lower than steel i think.
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:39:01 AM

Much lower, it is a mistranslation I think. Think of your garden style brass hose nozzle.
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:40:12 AM

@Majjham Zazen Thank you! I think the kids really hit home to me as I have my own children. I couldnt stay no matter what my circumstances were in an environment like that.
by Angie 5/10/2011 4:40:59 AM

So it refers to a sprayer pressure rather then a temp.
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:41:04 AM

@Ralph Unger Tepco says water is being injected via the fire extinguishing line, though....
by marie rich 5/10/2011 4:41:55 AM

Melting pt. 600-950 C ,depends on alloy. Al/Cu is the lower one.
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:43:58 AM

I think the seal would give out before it melted though.
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:45:31 AM

At the top of the RPV is steam. But if the check valve is working properly (who Knows?), it shouldn't be letting steam out.[Kinda thinking 'out loud' here, feel free to jump in.]
by marie rich 5/10/2011 4:46:19 AM

Good point, Are they talking about "At 12:14 PM we started injection of fresh water into unit 3 spent fuel pool cooling and filtering system ... www.tepco.co.jp
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:46:20 AM

@marie rich Can't get water higher than 100, well more with pressure, but you can steam.
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:48:59 AM

All I know is, I doubt that that is a temperature reading , :-) Could be though.
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:48:59 AM

Well anyway, i'm packin it in, long day today. I actually had to work :( haha just kidding. Bye
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:51:22 AM

@Jim And there is 'compressible steam' and 'non-compressible steam' (don't know much about the difference), but compressible steam can become 'super-heated steam' and can be very, very hot.
by marie rich 5/10/2011 4:51:50 AM

Thanks guys. I guess we'll know about it soon enough...whatever it is, it can't continue to go up like that.
by Jim 5/10/2011 4:54:21 AM

I need to sleep, too. Goodnight, All. See you tomorrow.
by marie rich 5/10/2011 4:54:25 AM

IIRC non-compressible steam is superheated water.
by Ralph Unger 5/10/2011 4:55:03 AM

News article seems best for news side May 10: www.knoxnews.com Knoxville firm aids Japanese nuclear plant
22 demineralizers rushed to reactor to decontaminate water
by Mid Valley 5/10/2011 5:11:21 AM

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Monday the radiation level inside one of the reactor buildings of the damaged Fukushima power plant has reached 700 millisierverts per hour, surpassing the expected level.

Read more: www.ibtimes.com
by Rob in SF 5/10/2011 5:23:06 AM

Protest Song for FUKUSHIMA nuclear plant Kazuyoshi SAITO. He has changed the chorus from "I love you all the time" to "It was a lie all the time"
: www.youtube.com
by bo 5/10/2011 6:09:52 AM