Tokyo to the East-south
Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Unit Problems
[Reviewed on Dec. 27, 2011]
The second business day since the last Friday when the great earthquake and tsunami occurred is going to close now around Tokyo.
Then suddenly another earthquake occurred near Mt. Fuji, just a few minutes ago. Indeed, these days are filled with aftershocks and new earthquakes in other parts of Japan, mostly in the 300 km range from Tokyo Prefecture.
This March is very, very exceptional around Tokyo.
PART:15-9
The worst case is the destruction of the reactor vessel by increasing pressure from vapor.
Though nuclear fuel must be cooled by forcibly infusing seawater into the pressure vessel (as the turbine does not work and coolant circulation is stopped), the vapor with nuclear materials should be filtered and then released to the outside environment.
High temperature causes generation of hydrogen inside the vessel which explodes when existing the vessel and touching oxygen in the air.
Yet, the seawater injection itself is not carried out smoothly, making the fuel rods exposed to the space out of water and getting heated to a possible meltdown.
These are main problems of the reactor units in the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant.
The cooling work and the vapor-releasing work are still going on at site.
PART:15-8
The Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant is built on the Pacific Ocean.
It was designed to withstand 5-meter high waves and tsunami. But, the Plant was actually hit by more than 10-meter high tsunami. Accordingly, various facilities and mechanisms were destroyed on last Friday when the great tsunami hit hard the oceanfront Nuclear Power Plant.
PART:15-7
The death toll has reached 2,500 with 15,000 still missing.
The great natural disaster that happened last Friday has resulted in 2,500 confirmed deaths in the Kanto Area and the Tohoku Area of Honshu Island of Japan.
At 3:20 p.m.
PART 15-6:
The fire that happened but now extinct in the fourth unit of the Fukushima No.1 (Daiichi) Plant seems to have caused a rise of measured radiation.
In cities adjacent to Tokyo Prefecture, 250 km southwest of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, some increase in radioactivity measurement has been reported, though no harming to the human body, according to NHK broadcast news.
The measured level is reportedly to be 1/10 of radiation in one-time x ray of the chest.
Or the level is 1/100 of an allowable exposure level for an ordinary person per year.
At 1:10 p.m.
PART 15-5:
PM Mr. Kan has requested residents living within 30 kilometers from the Fukushima No.1 Plant to stay inside buildings and houses, at his press conference held in the PM Office around 11 a.m.
It is for citizens to avoid possible radioactive contamination.
PM Mr. Kan refrained from describing detailed conditions of each nuclear reactor unit of the Nuclear Plant.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Mr. Edano said that 800 workers in the Plant have been also evacuated; but 50 or so workers stay in the Plant to pour seawater into the reactor vessels and cool down nuclear fuel.
PART 15-4:
Tokyo Electric Power Company applies a planned outage of its power provision to some districts around Tokyo due to shortage of power sources.
However, it does not apply to the main business districts and governmental area in the middle of Tokyo.
Some railway operators also apply a holiday schedule to their operation of today so as to reduce the number of trains to be run and save energy.
In the Kanto Area, including Tokyo Prefecture, 10 million people commute everyday, mostly using scores of railway lines and subway lines as well as more bus services.
PART 15-3:
Radiation intensity was measured to be an amount per hour which is eight times larger than an allowable amount to the human body for one year, at the gate of the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant.
PART 15-2:
CNN is also focused on the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Plant 2nd (3rd?) unit blowing incident. They correctly pointed at situations surrounding the unit in trouble and the power company itself. At 9:40 a.m.
PART 15-1:
A suppression pool inside the nuclear vessel of the 2nd unit of Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant exploded. Growth in radiation at the gate to the Plant was measured. At 9 a.m.
A grave situation according to the Government and the power company.
Early this morning, around 6 a.m., Prime Minister Mr. Naoto Kan visited the main office of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. in the central district of Tokyo to encourage company staff in charge of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant problems.
*** *** *** ***
Tokyo Governor Mr. Shintaro Ishihara reportedly said: "This disaster is heavenly punishment to those Japanese who live with wrong minds, though I am very sorry for innocent victims."
Mr. Ishihara is expected to run for his reelection in April.
At least, I can agree with Governor Mr. Ishihara in that the God is angry.
But at whom is His anger?
Last year it was Haiti that was hit hard but not the United States of America.
Indeed, something is wrong around Japan and in the world where Japan belongs, since the nuclear power plant safety is a global issue.
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.