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Makeshift equipment at Fukushima hit by problems
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been struggling for months to bring the plant's troubled reactors under control using makeshift equipment.
Since the March 11th disaster, Tokyo Electric Power Company has installed a number of improvised devices and systems to cool down the reactors and decontaminate radioactive water building up at the plant.
But these makeshift facilities have been plagued by glitches.
Earlier this month, the No. 5 reactor's cooling system was temporarily shut down after sea water leaked from a crack in the system's makeshift hose.
TEPCO says the hose was installed in a wrong way. It is reinstalling it on Monday.
The company says it is necessary to make the plant's makeshift equipment more durable, as it is expected to take some time to bring the reactors under control.
It says the makeshift hosing, in particular, requires more elaborate measures, as it carries highly contaminated water.
Monday, July 11, 2011 13:13 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 7/11/2011 5:36:25 AM- Ultraman visits evacuation center
A popular TV character visited an evacuation center in the disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture to cheer up families and children on Sunday.
The late Eiji Tsuburaya, who invented Ultraman, was from Sukagawa City in the prefecture. Staff from his Tokyo-based production firm visited the facility in Koriyama City 45 years after the character made his TV debut.
A boy who evacuated from Tomioka Town says it was fun to meet Ultraman, and he likes the way he attacks his enemies.
The boy's 36-year-old mother says she is happy, as the evacuation center does not have a place where children can play.
Monday, July 11, 2011 01:01 +0900 (JST)
www3.nhk.or.jpby Edano 7/11/2011 5:37:53 AM 
Good night everyone,see you tomorrow.by Jo 7/11/2011 6:19:54 AM
@Edano.... Ooooh. "Makeshift" is just not a word you wanna see as an adjective describing a nuclear power plant.....by ms in la 7/11/2011 7:30:16 AM
www.nuclear.com nuclear power news.. lots of articles and linksby dean 7/11/2011 7:32:39 AM- hi ms in laby dean 7/11/2011 7:32:51 AM
- @dean Hi dean, how are you?by ms in la 7/11/2011 7:33:26 AM
- doing well here.. I woke up for some waterby dean 7/11/2011 7:42:36 AM
- sorry for slow response I stepped away for a minby dean 7/11/2011 7:42:54 AM
- @dean Well I'm going to bed here! See you later and sleep well.by ms in la 7/11/2011 7:44:08 AM
- ok.. see you in a few hours.. same to youby dean 7/11/2011 7:44:28 AM
g'morning worldby elainekirk 7/11/2011 8:38:30 AM- Another ruse it seems -
they mix over the limit milk with under the limit milk and hey presto 'safe' milk !!!!!!!!!
takedanet.comby elainekirk 7/11/2011 10:00:23 AM - Latest on Calhoun from @Majj m.omaha.comby elainekirk 7/11/2011 10:21:11 AM
@elainekirk Fogging bugs! Wow, the term 'fogging' for such chemical warfare is a new one to me!by es 7/11/2011 10:36:39 AM- @es yes lotsa new terms but none are an immediate risk to healthby elainekirk 7/11/2011 10:55:37 AM
- greetings to allby dean 7/11/2011 10:57:42 AM
fukushima unit 4 sfp
by dean 7/11/2011 11:01:27 AM- A team of two TEPCO employees and four contractors explored the unit 4 spent fuel pond at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on 26 June.
Pool water temperature was between 84-93° as of 27 Juneby dean 7/11/2011 11:02:15 AM - Greetings dean what is the point in witholding information for 2 weeksby elainekirk 7/11/2011 11:07:14 AM
- Press conference re the tepco president being sued for mismanagement of nuclear products (translation)by elainekirk 7/11/2011 11:18:02 AM
- by elainekirk 7/11/2011 11:18:06 AM
- pbadupws.nrc.gov good write up on things at dresden that lilly and Peter may like to read..by dean 7/11/2011 11:18:40 AM
- good morning elaineby dean 7/11/2011 11:18:44 AM
- off to early work..by dean 7/11/2011 11:29:00 AM
- @dean catch you later deanby elainekirk 7/11/2011 11:29:15 AM
- well it seems from tweetdom that the t-hawk was retrieved and has been flying over fuku once more what were they looking for?? at???by elainekirk 7/11/2011 11:42:36 AM
Morning-afternoon-evening!by lillymunster 7/11/2011 11:49:18 AM- @lillymunster greetingsby elainekirk 7/11/2011 11:59:24 AM
- Anything new overnight?by lillymunster 7/11/2011 12:02:29 PM
Update on Fukushima Beef: It Was the Feed That Had 75,000 Becquerels/Kg Cesium. Regarding the case of radioactive cesium in excess of the national provisional safety limit in the beef from the meat cow shipped from Minami Soma City in Fukushima Prefecture, 75,000 becquerels/kilogram of radioactive cesium has been detected from the hay that the cattle farmer used to feed the cows. The farmer kept the hay outside after the Fukushima I Nuclear Plant accident. Fukushima Prefecture continues to investigate. ex-skf.blogspot.comby Majj 7/11/2011 12:03:29 PM- @lillymunster @Majj majj has an update on calhounby elainekirk 7/11/2011 12:04:23 PM
- he Omaha Public Power District has installed a new barrier around its Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station and is now pumping out floodwaters from the Missouri River. OPPD installed the new 8-foot-tall, water-filled barrier around the plant to replace a similar one that failed two weeks ago after a worker inadvertently punctured it with a loader. The utility planned to pump out the water behind the new barrier on Sunday to create a dry area around the plant, so it will be easier for workers to get around. Both OPPD and federal regulators have said Fort Calhoun is safe even without this barrier. Officials say all the key areas of the plant have stayed dry inside. The plant will remain shut down until after floodwaters subside in the fall. m.omaha.comby Majj 7/11/2011 12:11:41 PM
- @Majj of course they don't mention the army of sump pumps they were using to get water out of the buildings at Calhoun. Good they got the water dam back up, it will make it easier to keep the water out. They are far too dependent on that water dam they claim they don't need. It is going to be an uphill battle to get Cooper either fixed or shut down even with all of this. The plant is only 500MW. Not a lot of power for the risk it presents.by lillymunster 7/11/2011 12:14:36 PM
- Elaine, did you find out any more on workers having to pay for food? I saw what looked like a confirmation by someone who called TEPCO.by lillymunster 7/11/2011 12:19:10 PM
- @lillymunster I have missed loads today been busy just getting laundry finished then will tryby elainekirk 7/11/2011 12:22:15 PM
- seminar translate.google.comby elainekirk 7/11/2011 12:22:22 PM
- @elainekirk no worries. If we find out anything new I can add it as an update to the story. I will be around for about another hour. Then have to take the oldest to a doctor appt.by lillymunster 7/11/2011 12:26:50 PM
- ikrockhopper Itsumi Kakefuda
Translated: Suicide note written by 93yr old lady in Fukushima. Her family want people to think why she had to kill herself
twitdoc.comby elainekirk 7/11/2011 12:27:59 PM - @elainekirk I will set up a blog post for tomorrow on the letter. Glad someone translated it. All I saw before was a photo of it.by lillymunster 7/11/2011 12:34:58 PM
- @all, I am building a web page of links containing the BWR research being done to build a "picture" of fukushima vs. US BWR units and upgrades. It contains various links all of us have found and sorted by categories. I will continue to add to this list as people post new info. So it will be all in one place as we get ready to sort data into something more meaningful.
wp.me
Please keep or pin the link for reference.by lillymunster 7/11/2011 12:37:08 PM - @lillymunster thank you should I add the bwr to your pin?by elainekirk 7/11/2011 12:38:56 PM
- @lillymunster sunny is posting about the charges can you fathom
sunnysunnynismo TS さん
いよいよやったか。。。@hamemen: 広瀬隆氏が、東電会長、社長、山下俊一氏を刑事告発したようです。 fpaj.jp/?p=1344"by elainekirk 7/11/2011 12:42:33 PM - I hope it sticks, could be the start of something.by lillymunster 7/11/2011 12:45:09 PM
EPA discontinues all radiation monitoring www.epa.govby Bobby1 7/11/2011 12:47:22 PM
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