Friday, May 20, 2011

Japan Updates: May 20, 2011

Tepco chief quits after $15 billion loss on nuclear crisis

Tokyo Electric has most of thermal fuel it needs for summer

Japan back in recession as earthquake cuts consumption

TEPCO released these..  11 03 2011Tsunami Fukushima Daiichi Centrale nucléaire - Power nuclear plant 

Trace of radioactive materials detected in Osaka

Poor estimates force timetable revision  Here's the new nugget..

In the turbine building of the No. 6 reactor, for example, contaminated groundwater has seeped in and accumulated to a depth of up to 2 meters. If water flows into a reactor building, the emergency power system to cool the reactor may stop operating. Pumping started on May 1, and 1,700 tons of water were transferred to a makeshift tank and other facilities by Tuesday. To store water contaminated with low-level radioactive materials, TEPCO must build tanks to store about 16,000 tons of water for the coming month alone.

No(or not enough to make an impression..) mention of Reactors 5 or 6; until now.

Radioactive material detected in grass in Miyagi  Video.

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