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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 05:44 PM
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Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University: "Melted Core Outside the Containment Vessel"
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Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute is quoted by Mainichi Shinbun as saying that the melted core of the Reactor 1 is not just out of the Reactor Pressure Vessel but out of the Containment Vessel.

From Mainichi Shinbun, Koide's comments only (5/16/2011):

Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute points out that "TEPCO could have foreseen the core melt at an early stage when the cooling of the reactor stopped due to the power failure. TEPCO's assessment that the damage to the fuel was limited has turned out to be completely wrong. The disclosure of the data came too late."

According to TEPCO, the data analysis shows that damage to the RPV is not extensive. However, Koide thinks "The RPV has been completely damaged, the melted core bore a hole at the bottom of the Containment Vessel, causing the large amount of contaminated water to leak into the ground beneath the reactor building."

Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University: 'Melted Core Outside the Containment Vessel'
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