TEPCO: Reactor may have gone critical
“Alarming Readings” — TEPCO asking Japan gov’t for help.......
TEPCO: Reactor may have gone critical
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says it found in the facility's No.2 reactor radioactive substances that could have resulted from continuous nuclear fission.
TEPCO and the Japanese government are clearly unable to handle this accident. They want out. Now what?
"Nuke watchdog says fresh
"Nuke watchdog says fresh meltdown unlikely
Japan's nuclear watchdog says it believes another meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is unlikely, but will continue to monitor the situation closely.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency held a news conference on Wednesday, after radioactive xenon was detected in the containment vessel of the No.2 reactor. The presence of the substance indicates that nuclear fission may have briefly resumed.
The safety agency says it is unlikely that nuclear fuel has begun melting again, as the density of xenon is low and there has been no change in the reactor's temperatures.
The agency also says it will closely monitor if xenon continues to be detected after Tokyo Electric Power Company poured boric acid solution into the reactor to suppress nuclear fission." NHk
The watchdog fails to mention fuel has Allready melted down and has been reported as "exvessel" let the experiment continue ...
Still think everything's
Still think everything's fine?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/world/asia/bursts-of-fission-detected-...