5 tons of seawater may have entered Hamaoka nuclear reactor (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

SHIZUOKA —

Around five tons of seawater may have entered one of the reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture along with about 400 tons of seawater found in its steam condenser when work was under way Sunday to put the reactor into a state of cold shutdown, Chubu Electric Power Co, the plant operator, said Thursday.

The reactor will not be decommissioned because the utility will dilute and desalinate the seawater in an effort to prevent any corrosion inside the reactor, the company said.

Seawater might have entered from damaged piping inside the condenser, which cools steam from the turbine and turns it into water.

The company will try to find the cause of the trouble by the end of this month by inspecting around 21,000 pipes measuring 3 centimeters in diameter that are installed inside the condenser.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/5-tons-of-seawater-may-have-entered-hamaoka-nuclear-reactor

[Electric Monk]

1. Oh good, they'll have more info by the end of the month.

I'm totally reassured now.

[damntexdem]

2. "The reactor will not be decommissioned."

And will thus remain a hazard.

[Poll_Blind]

3. You can't run a nuclear reactor like your dad's hand-me-down beater car.

You fuck it up and you take it off line and you tear it down. Continuing to use a nuclear reactor which has been exposed to corrosive substances for an unknown period of time, especially in such concentrations and quantities, is just fucking asking for another "situation".

How's about Japan deals with the ongoing nuclear nightmares before it fathers any more?

Just a sug.

PB

[flamingdem]

6. Realy it's not an Old Iron you hold together with ropes! nt

[Mr. Jefferson]

4. Tons...? I thought liquids were measured in units of volume.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

5. One tonne of water is 1 cubic meter... or about five rubbermaid 55gal trash cans.

Just for reference.

[Mr. Jefferson]

7. Ah yes, metric tonnes...1 tonne = 1000 kgs. Still, that is a measure of weight or mass, not volume.

In any case, thanks for the reference.