TEPCO failed to report possible hydrogen explosion (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

Smoke rises from the No. 3 reactor at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant which exploded in March. (Asahi Shimbun)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. knew there could be an explosion at the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant the day before it happened, but didn't report the possibility to authorities.

The failure to notify the central and local governments was revealed in reports submitted by TEPCO to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

The reports were made available on NISA's website June 24.

From March 11 to May 31, TEPCO provided 11,000 documents to NISA and neighboring local governments by fax based on Article 10 of the special measures law on nuclear disasters.

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http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201106250160.html

[plumbob]

1. Lying bastards always lie.

Especially for money.

[AndyTiedye]

2. They Picked a Pretty Tame Picture to Go With That Story

The actual pictures of the explosion must have been too scary:

[wtbymark]

3. a Hydrogen explosion is called a deflagation

The above picture is of the #3 spent fuel pool - not deflagating, but detonating, a very different thing. If you watch unit #1's explosion (which was a deflagation) they look very different. From this detonation, they found pieces of fuel rods 2 kilometers away.

[AndyTiedye]

4. Detonation as in

:nuke: you mean?