Sunday, July 10, 2011

Analysis of the rubble at Fukushima nuclear power plant completed in July

Blockages in the Japanese nuclear power plant emergency, "Fukushima-1" will be completely dismantled by July this year. This was reported today the company Ters, which operates power plants. The company notes that the debris resulting from explosions at the plant in March after an earthquake to prevent work on the reactor cooling. At the same time in places where construction debris detected high levels of radiation. Since May 20, one of the blockages specialists found dangerous levels of radiation in 1000 millisieverts per hour, in another place the radiation level reached 900 millisieverts per hour. Radiation sources are fragments of building structures that were damaged by explosions. At harvest around the first reactor by 22 May there has been progress - there is the level of radiation decreased by 2 times, but high levels are still observed around the third reactor. On the ground, the rubble at the plant from April 6, sweepers are working with a remote control. Earlier, Japanese engineers have stopped attempts to stabilize the damaged reactor number 3 on "Fukushima-1. The Japanese government and TEPCO announced that the complete reactor shutdown takes 9 months and will be completed only in January next year. According to the representative Japanese cabinet Gosee Hosono, ending attempts to stabilize the reactor will not affect the deadline completion. Ministry of Industry

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