8.5 tons of radioactive water leak from Fukushima plant

[robertpaulsen]

TOKYO —

Some 8.5 tons of radioactive water leaked from a reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant but it had not flowed outside the reactor building, Kyodo News said Wednesday, quoting the plant’s operator.

Tokyo Electric Power Co said the leak occurred in the No. 4 reactor after a pipe connected to the reactor dropped off, the news agency reported.

The leak was discovered Tuesday night and was stopped shortly afterwards.

The Fukushima Daiichi plant was crippled by meltdowns and explosions caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March last year.

[link:http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/8-5-tons-of-radioactive-water-leak-from-fukushima-plant|

[arcane1]

1. This doesn't sound very good

It seems 8.5 tons of water is going to want to flow somewhere

[tiny elvis]

7. water is heavy. 8.5 tons would fill a pool 10 ft wide and 3 ft deep

probably the greater concern is how radioactive it is

[arcane1]

10. That helps

Though I don't know how well the structure is built for a flow of water. I hope this is something that was prepared for!

[sakabatou]

2. Geeze the nightmare won't end.

[leveymg]

3. Someone here (who's still here) claimed it was impossible for the cooling pipes to break off

Guess we won't be hearing from him on this thread, even though he was one of the most active meltdown deniers last year. He knows who he is.

[stonecutter357]

4. K&R...

[secondwind]

5. We're really destroying our planet. And Mother Earth

can be very vindictive.......

[cstanleytech]

6. We were being punished already...every time Uwe Boll makes a movie.

[Generic Other]

8. The pipes froze!

Feb 2 (Reuters) - More than 8 tonnes of water have leaked from Japan's stricken nuclear power plant after a frozen pipe burst inside a reactor buiding, but none of the water is thought to have escaped the complex, Kyodo news agency said on Thursday.

Kyodo, quoting the Fukushima plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), said the water had leaked from the No.4 reactor when a pipe "dropped off" but that the liquid had all been contained inside the reactor building.

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/major-new-leak-at-japans-nuclear-plant-kyodo

[BOHICA12]

9. 17,000 gallons - no big deal in perspective. nt

[arcane1]

11. Spilled in a "complex" which by definition is water-proof

Or something

[tiny elvis]

12. 17,000 lbs /8.3 lbs per gallon = much less volume

the article should have given a volume, since noone thinks of liquid in weights

[BeHereNow]

13. Move along folks, nothing to see here...n/t

bhn