Possible Breakthrough for Japan

Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:32 pm » by **Poe2you**

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

TOKYO – The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant says it has almost completed a new power line that could restore electricity to the complex and solve the crisis that has threatened a meltdown.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Naoki Tsunoda said early Thursday the power line to Fukushima Dai-ichi is almost complete. Officials plan to try it "as soon as possible" but he could not say when.

The new line would revive electric-powered pumps, allowing the company to maintain a steady water supply to troubled reactors and spent fuel storage ponds, keeping them cool.

The nuclear crisis has triggered international alarm and partly overshadowed the human tragedy caused by Friday's earthquake and tsunami that pulverized Japan's northeastern coastline.

Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:33 pm » by **Tuor10**

poe2you wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

TOKYO – The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant says it has almost completed a new power line that could restore electricity to the complex and solve the crisis that has threatened a meltdown.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Naoki Tsunoda said early Thursday the power line to Fukushima Dai-ichi is almost complete. Officials plan to try it "as soon as possible" but he could not say when.

The new line would revive electric-powered pumps, allowing the company to maintain a steady water supply to troubled reactors and spent fuel storage ponds, keeping them cool.

The nuclear crisis has triggered international alarm and partly overshadowed the human tragedy caused by Friday's earthquake and tsunami that pulverized Japan's northeastern coastline.

Fingers crossed they can pull it off.
:cheers:

Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:34 pm » by **Poe2you**

Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:42 pm » by **Poe2you**

Well, possibly never mind. Seems like things are heading South no matter what they do :top:

http://www.startribune.com/business/118107429.html

US nuclear agency chief says no water in spent fuel pool at Japan plant; Japan denies it
Associated Press
Last update: March 16, 2011 - 2:57 PM

WASHINGTON - The chief of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that all the water is gone from one of the spent fuel pools at Japan's most troubled nuclear plant, but Japanese officials denied it.

If NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko is correct, this would mean there's nothing to stop the fuel rods from getting hotter and ultimately melting down. The outer shell of the rods could also ignite with enough force to propel the radioactive fuel inside over a wide area.

Jaczko did not say Wednesday how the information was obtained, but the NRC and U.S. Department of Energy both have experts on site at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex of six reactors. He said the spent fuel pool of the complex's Unit 4 reactor has lost water.

Jaczko said officials believe radiation levels are extremely high, and that could affect workers' ability to stop temperatures from escalating.

Japan's nuclear safety agency and Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the complex, deny water is gone from the pool. Utility spokesman Hajime Motojuku said the "condition is stable" at Unit 4.

Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:02 pm » by **Alternateworld**

Meanwhile, back at the plant.... :ohno:

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Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:45 am » by **E6722maj**

they need all the help and luck they can get, and i hope they get through this extremely hazardous event.

.

Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:49 am » by **Kkris**

poe2you wrote:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

TOKYO – The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant says it has almost completed a new power line that could restore electricity to the complex and solve the crisis that has threatened a meltdown.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Naoki Tsunoda said early Thursday the power line to Fukushima Dai-ichi is almost complete. Officials plan to try it "as soon as possible" but he could not say when.

The new line would revive electric-powered pumps, allowing the company to maintain a steady water supply to troubled reactors and spent fuel storage ponds, keeping them cool.

The nuclear crisis has triggered international alarm and partly overshadowed the human tragedy caused by Friday's earthquake and tsunami that pulverized Japan's northeastern coastline.

Let's hope and pray they succeed in this.