Steam rising from Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant

[IDemo]

Source: NBC News

TOKYO -- Steam is rising from a destroyed building that houses a reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co, said on Thursday.

The utility, widely known as Tepco, said the levels of radioactivity around the plant had remained unchanged and it was still looking into what triggered the emission.

"We think it's possible that rain made its way through the reactor building and having fallen on the primary containment vessel, which is hot, evaporated creating steam," said Tepco spokeswoman Maymi Yoshida, adding it was still investigating the matter.

Each reactor is surrounded by a primary containment vessel. This is made of strengthened steel four to eight inches thick. It provides the most critical line of defense against leaking radiation from the reactor.

Read more: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/18/19540341-steam-rising-from-japans-destroyed-fukushima-nuclear-power-plant?lite

[heaven05]

1. When

it comes to this fubar situation, non-belief in ANYTHING reported by 'authorities', MSM or any other 'authorized' source is the proper way to go. I think. Please think for yourself and proceed.

[tofuandbeer]

2. That video on the rights side was great.

[Warpy]

5. Yes, it is. It's remarkably like the first videos

out of Chernobyl, the same spooky "Life after People" feel to it. It will probably progress like Chernobyl, the checkpoints gone after a while because some bureaucrat doesn't want to pay the salaries of the workers manning them and looters coming in for souvenirs and scrap metal to sell, who cares if it's poisoned?

[tofuandbeer]

11. Yeah. I'm sure you're right on that.

I've Googled Chernobyl pictures, and it's sad.

[Journeyman]

3. THIS building? What could possibly be going wrong? . . .

The engineering marvel you see above is the epitome of high tech garbage burners. Surely, this is simply a case of irresponsible alarmists letting off steam.

[Iliyah]

4. And that nuclear waste is seeping into

the Pacific ocean towards Hawaii, Pacific coastal areas and the islands between here (California) and Japan.

[AsahinaKimi]

6. My friend in Japan said they have just passed through the rainy season

where for an entire month, it just seems to rain. Now that things are starting to dry off, maybe this is rain water that has turned to steam.

[wtmusic]

7. Apparently that is the cause

Fukushima rainfall caused steam above reactor, says Tepco

"The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said on Thursday that radiation levels were stable after vapour was detected coming from one of the three reactors that went into meltdown after the triple disaster in Japan in March 2011.

Video images showed the vapour, which is thought to be steam, rising from the damaged building housing reactor No 3.

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), reeling from recent criticism of its handling of contaminated water at the plant, said the reactor's spent fuel pool was stable, adding that there had been no significant rises in radiation levels in the vicinity."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/18/fukushima-steam-reactor-radiation-levels

[jtuck004]

8. Oh yeah, that explains it. You see, the reactor was all cool, as if by magic,

and the rain sat there, and now, all of a sudden, it heated up and boiled all the rainwater, creating steam, when there isn't a cloud in the sky.

That's it. Explains it perfectly. For two hours.

[NickB79]

9. No one has claimed the reactor is cool

In fact, there has been a steady stream of news articles about how they've been struggling to maintain cooling:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/05/fukushima-cooling-system-fails

and

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/dead-rodents-shut-down-fukushima-cooling-systems/18265

[jtuck004]

10. Which is exactly what makes me skeptical about how rainwater could sit there and suddenly erupt

in a 2 hour burst of steam.

[RobertEarl]

12. Just fog

We've seen this time and again, this fog rolling off the reactors.

It's nothing new. So why are they just now making a story out of it?

It's kinda funny thing about Tepco, everytime they spill some beans there's always a cat about to get out of the bag. Wait, uh, oh. What's coming out next?

[daleo]

13. Rain hitting the hot containment building of a nuclear catastrophe

What's the problem?