| http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/01/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-pipes-that.html ( Tepco doesn't know what they're doing and they're working off schematics which aren't up to date..... we have a mortician attempting open hear surgery folks..... ) TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Pipes That Should Not Be There Are Blocking the Way in Reactor 2 Torus RoomTEPCO send the workers to Reactor 2 building on January 27 to drill a hole through the 1st floor to the torus room. The location was carefully chosen so that they would have a clear shot at the water accumulated in the torus room. Through the hole, the workers were to feed the camera, dosimeter, and thermometer. Surprise! When the workers managed to carefully drill a hole and looked in, huge pipes and gratings were in the way, and there was no way for the workers to do the planned work at that hole. From TEPCO's Photos and Videos, 1/28/2013, "Drilling Holes for the Investigation of Unit 2 Torus Room at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station": 
From the handout, this was what TEPCO had planned:
How did this happen? TEPCO chose the location because there wasn't supposed to be anything, according to the original drawings. However, as repairs and renovations were done over the years, the original drawings from the time the reactor was built became obsolete.
Don't they have the drawings of those repairs and renovations? Yes they do. But those drawings were stored in one of the buildings that was devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and declared too dangerous to enter. There is no information as to whether anyone has gone back in to retrieve any document or data from the main building. Probably not, because, as we know well by now, TEPCO carefully abides by the rules and regulations from the authorities: (Photo of the 2nd floor of the main building, Fukushima I Nuke Plant) 
Independent journalist Ryuichi Kino tweeted:
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http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/01/column-amateur-doctor/
[Column] Amateur doctor
Posted by Mochizuki on January 29th, 2013 · No Comments
Tepco tried to open a hole to look inside of the torus room of reactor2.
Torus room is where S/C is located. S/C is the coolant facility of nuclear reactor shaped like a donut.
They assume Reactor2 had S/C damaged after 311, so it is important to look into torus room.
Fractured nuclear fuel might be in it.
They assume Reactor2 had S/C damaged after 311, so it is important to look into torus room.
Fractured nuclear fuel might be in it.
After all, Tepco failed in it. They commented, “Pipes and gratings were in the way, where they shouldn’t have been. It’s different from the map.” (cf, [Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room of reactor2 “Different from the map” [Link])
The map was probably made in 60s or 70s. Tepco hasn’t even announced when it was made.
Anyway, it turned out that Tepco doesn’t even understand the inside of the reactors.
Anyway, it turned out that Tepco doesn’t even understand the inside of the reactors.
Nuclear was called “dream technology”. Still some people believe so. and since 311, Tepco has been commenting everything was under control, they have the clearest grasp of the situation.
Actually they do not know anything.
Actually they do not know anything.
Tepco is like a driver. They have the basic technic to drive but they don’t know the mechanism of engine, they don’t know how to dismantle it.
It is estimated that decommissioning of Fukushima plant takes more 38 years. This is an estimate of the government so it may take even longer.
Probably Tepco should not be in charge of decommissioning. They don’t even know the details of the inside of the torus room. Financially and technically, it is obvious that Tepco can’t handle it.
Since the very beginning of 311, it has been obvious that Tepco can’t handle everything only by themselves.
Since the very beginning of 311, it has been obvious that Tepco can’t handle everything only by themselves.
It seems like they have to hide something so they are not forward in asking for more international help.
The destiny of the entire world is in the hand of the amateur driver, Tepco.
and....
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/01/unanticipated-tepco-failed-in-investigating-the-torus-room-different-from-the-map/
[Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room of reactor2 “Different from the map”
Posted by Mochizuki on January 28th, 2013 · 4 Comments
From 1/27 to 1/28/2013, Tepco opened a hole (Diameter 300) on the top of the torus room of reactor2.
The purpose was to investigate inside of the torus room with thermometer, dosimeter and camera for potential fractured fuel.
However, they failed inserting the equipment because of the pipes and grating that were not expected to be there.
Tepco comments there shouldn’t have been the pipes and grating at that point, according to the map.
Tepco does not even understand the exact details of Fukushima nuclear plant.
![[Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room "Different from the map"](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%882013-01-28-20.44.47%EF%BC%89-450x326.png "[Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room \"Different from the map\"")
![2 [Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room "Different from the map"](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%882013-01-28-20.44.59%EF%BC%89-450x324.png "2 [Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room \"Different from the map\"")
![3 [Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room "Different from the map"](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%EF%BC%882013-01-28-20.45.13%EF%BC%89-450x318.png "3 [Unanticipated] Tepco failed in investigating the torus room \"Different from the map\"")
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/01/tepco-to-discharge-2000-3000-bqml-of-tritium-to-the-sea-50-times-much-as-legal-limit/
Tepco to discharge 2,000 ~ 3,000 Bq/ml of tritium to the sea, “50 times much as legal limit”
Posted by Mochizuki on January 28th, 2013 · No Comments
Tepco is going to discharge contaminated water to the sea. (cf, Tepco officially announced to discharge contaminated water into Pacific ocean [URL])
Tepco states the discharged water will be purified by the purifying facility “Alps”, but it can’t filter out the nuclide called “tritium”. Tritium is radioactive water.
It is estimated that the water contains 2,000 ~ 3,000 Bq/ml of tritium even after purification, which is 33 ~ 50 times much as the legal limit to discharge.
It is estimated that the water contains 2,000 ~ 3,000 Bq/ml of tritium even after purification, which is 33 ~ 50 times much as the legal limit to discharge.
Tepco comments they will dilute it before discharging but the total amount of tritium would be the same.
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/01/fukushima-i-nuke-accident-tepco-to.html
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Accident: TEPCO to Limit the Right to Claim Compensation to 3 Years After All
It's not quite a 180-degree turn from the position taken by the TEPCO president only days before the change, but still an unpleasant and frustrating turn for people affected by the nuclear disaster.
On January 10, 2013, this is what Naomi Hirose, president of TEPCO, said to Yuhei Sato, governor of Fukushima Prefecture, according to Mainichi Shinbun (1/10/2013; part):
東京電力の広瀬直己社長は１０日、福島第１原発事故に伴う損害賠償の時効について「（３年間の）消滅時効の権利を主張するつもりはない」と初めて明言した。
Naomi Hirose, President of TEPCO definitely said on January 10 for the first time that TEPCO had "no intention of claiming its right to legal statute of limitations (3 years)" regarding the compensation to damages arising from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident.
下河辺和彦会長らと同日、福島県庁を訪れ佐藤雄平知事と面会した際、広瀬社長は「全くそういう（消滅時効を主張する）つもりはない。法律の問題もあるが、何らかの形を示したい」と初めて踏み込んだ発言をした。佐藤知事は「完全な賠償の実施をお願いしたい」と求めた。
President Hirose and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe visited with Governor Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima Prefectural government office on January 10. Mr. Hirose made specific remarks for the first time regarding the issue, saying "We have no intention at all (to claim our right to statute of limitations). It is a legal problem, but we would like to come up with something concrete." Governor Sato demanded that TEPCO fully compensate the victims.
民法７２４条は、不法行為で被害などを知ってから３年以内に損害賠償を請求しないと、時効により権利を失うとされる。この規定は権利関係の迅速な確定を目的に設けられているが、佐藤知事は、東電に対して消滅時効を主張しないよう求めていた。According to the Article 724 of the Civil Code, one loses the right to compensation unless one files a claim for damages within 3 years of first becoming aware of the damages from offense by others. The purpose of this article is to quickly establish relations of right. Governor Sato had asked TEPCO not to assert its claim to statute of limitations.
面会後、広瀬社長は「社内で対応策を検討中で、近々発表できると思う。裁判で消滅時効の権利を主張するつもりはない」と記者団に語った。
After the meeting, Mr. Hirose said to the press, "We're discussing the measures, and I hope to announce them soon. We are not going to assert our claim to statute of limitations in lawsuits."
There are many who haven't even received the applications yet. For those who have received the applications, the application is such a legal mumbo jumbo that many have simply given up.
Then on January 16, six days later, TEPCO revealed their plan. Instead of statute of limitations as stipulated by the Civil Code, the company will use a modified statute of limitations - 3 years from the time when the application forms are received by people affected by the accident.
As Nikkei Shinbun reported (1/16/2013; part):東京電力と原子力損害賠償支援機構は、福島第１原子力発電所事故に伴う損害賠償の請求可能な期間を、被災者が請求用書類を受け取った日から３年間とする方針を固めた。賠償の請求権については法律上、事故から３年後に時効が成立する可能性があることが指摘されていた。時効の起点を後ろにずらして賠償を受け取れない被災者が出ることを防ぐ。TEPCO and Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund has decided that the period to claim damages from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident will be three years from the date when people affected by the accident receive their application documents. It has been pointed out that the three-year statute of limitations from the start of the accident may happen, but the new plan will move the date further back from which to count three years so that people affected by the accident are able to receive compensations.
茂木敏充経済産業相に15日に提出した「総合特別事業計画」の変更申請に盛り込んだ
The plan is part of the change request for the "Comprehensive Special Business Plan" that TEPCO submitted to Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, on January 15.
So it's a done deal. The plan is submitted, not because the plan will be analyzed or discussed by the government but as the last formality after everything in the plan has been already informally discussed and agreed upon by all the parties involved, in this case the national government and TEPCO (which are one and the same).
Very clever of them. The management of Chisso should have used the same ruse.
TEPCO's Hirose by the way holds an MBA from Yale University. Minister Motegi is a former McKinsey consultant. They probably understand each other very well.
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2013/01/fukushima-i-nuke-plant-tepco-wants-to.html
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2013
#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: TEPCO Wants to Dump Treated Water into the Ocean
From Nippon Television (1/25/2013):
東京電力は、第一原発の中に溜まり続けている汚染水について、濃度を下げる処理をし、漁業関係者などの同意を得た上で海に放出する考えを明らかにした。
TEPCO says it wants to treat the contaminated water to lower the radioactivity and discharge the treated water into the ocean, if the consent from people in the fishing industry is obtained.
第一原発では、放射性物質で汚染された水が溜まり続けていて、東電は敷地内のタンクを増設して管理している。
The water contaminated with radioactive materials keeps increasing at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. TEPCO is building more storage tanks to deal with the water.
東電は、きのう原子力規制委員会に対し、汚染の濃度を下げる処理をした上で海に放出する対策案を説明した。
Yesterday, TEPCO explained to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about their plan to treat the water to lower the level of contamination and discharge the treated water into the ocean.
東電は、漁業関係者などの了解が得られなければ海への放出はしないことを強調しているが、タンクの増設はいずれ限界に達する可能性があるだけでなく、敷地内に溜まり続ける汚染水の最終的な処分の方法は見通しが立っていない。
TEPCO emphasizes that they won't release the water into the ocean unless they can obtain the consent from people in the fishing industry. However, there's a limit to how many storage tanks can be installed in the compound, and there is no final disposal plan for the contaminated water that keeps accumulating.The last time I heard about this news was, I think, about a year ago. Somehow TEPCO has come up with extra storage since. Way back in June 2011, TEPCO wanted to dump the water in the reactor and turbine buildings at Fukushima II (Daini) after treating the water. That plan went nowhere partly because of strong objection from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries who probably worried more about "baseless rumors" than the actual, potential harm to the marine life.
I doubt that fishermen in Tohoku and Kanto would agree. They have already been selling the fish they catch, which are contaminated with radioactive cesium to varying degrees (hopefully below 100 Bq/kg but they only sample test). They certainly do not want to draw attention to the marine contamination by having TEPCO dump the water from the plant, no matter how "clean" it may be.
TEPCO has been counting on Toshiba's ALPS to come online at Fukushima I, which will remove virtually all radionuclides (except for tritium). The ALPS was ready for a "hot" test (using contaminated water) when when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission demanded that the vessels used in ALPS be sturdy enough to withstand the drop from up to 6 meters high. Now, until TEPCO and Toshiba come up with such vessels, the ALPS cannot even be tested.
So now, the talk is back, of dumping the water into the ocean.
Let's see what else (other than dumping the water) can they do? One of the nuclear researchers that I follow on Twitter has a suggestion:Build a boiler, use it to evaporate water. What's left is radioactive materials. Use bitumen to immobilize them, put them in containers and store them.
I have no idea if this ever occurred to TEPCO, or if this is a valid method. Maybe it did occur to TEPCO, may it didn't. Just as it didn't occur to them that the highly radioactive water might be leaking, or that they should just violate some peacetime law and regulations and drive on the highway with truckload of batteries.
and....
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/01/tepco-cant-disclose-the-circuit-diagram-of-the-issued-thermometer-in-reactor2-for-saving-intellectual-property-of-toshiba/
Tepco can’t disclose the circuit diagram of the thermometer in reactor2 for saving “intellectual property of Toshiba”
Posted by Mochizuki on January 26th, 2013 · 1 Comment
In reactor2, two thermometers have been showing the significant increase of temperature.
Tepco defined they were “broken”, but the indicated temperatures are showing the relationship with the volume of coolant water.
(cf, Reactor2 temperature started decreasing since the volume of injection water was increased [URL])
In the press conference of 1/23/2013, journalist Oshidori inquired Tepco for the circuit diagram of the thermocouple of the indicator so we can look into if the thermometers are really disordered, what is the actual state etc.
However, the spokesman of Tepco declined to disclose the circuit diagram etc.
The reason was to protect the intellectual property of the designing company, Toshiba.
↓ 10:40~
and.........
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/01/coolant-water-leaked-3-times-only-within-1-week-due-to-the-bad-installation-and-freezing-same-as-last-year/
Coolant water leaked 3 times only within 1 week due to the bad installation and freezing “Same as last year”
Posted by Mochizuki on January 26th, 2013 · No Comments
On 1/19/2013, Tepco employee found a water leakage at the water treatment building. Due to this accident, they got to have to feed water to skimmer surge tank of reactor1 by a fire pump car. However, they had a water leakage then again.
Also, they had another water leakage at the chemical tank of decontamination equipment on 1/24/2013. These are due to the freezing water and in appropriate installation of the valves, which shows they had no improvement since last year.
It is estimated they are going to have 38 more winters to decommission Fukushima nuclear plants.
Tepco report..
- From 1:54 PM to 2:22 PM on January 24, Unit 1 spent fuel pool alternative cooling system was suspended while feeding water to the skimmer surge tank of Unit 1 spent fuel pool by a fire pump car. The spent fuel pool water temperature when the cooling system was restarted was 10.0℃, which was the same as that of when the cooling was suspended. (Though usually water is fed into Unit 1 spent fuel pool skimmer surge tank via the filtrate water pipe, a fire pump car was used instead since the main valve of the filtrate water pipe is closed due to leakage from the valve installed on the filtrate water pipe header found on January 19.) While feeding water into the skimmer surge tank by a fire pump car, water (filtrate water) leakage was found at the flange of the water feeding pipe installed in the large carry-in entrance at Unit 1 Reactor Building. The amount of leaked water is approx.2L (Affected area: Approx. 2mx1m with a small depth). The leakage stopped after water feeding into the skimmer surge tank was stopped. From 2:42 PM to 3:05 PM on January 25, Unit 1 spent fuel pool alternative cooling system was suspended in order to feed water into the skimmer surge tank by a fire pump car after the leakage area was repaired. The spent fuel pool water temperature when the cooling was restarted was 10.5℃ (the same as when the cooling was suspended). No problem was found with the leakage location.
and......
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/01/possible-nuclear-explosion-reactor1-had-possible-shock-wave-and-black-smoke-like-reactor3-on-3122011/
[Possible nuclear explosion ?] Reactor1 had possible shock wave and black smoke like reactor3 on 3/12/2011
Posted by Mochizuki on January 26th, 2013 · No Comments
Reactor1 had a hydrogen explosion supposedly, but the slow motion of the explosion video shows a partial shock wave and black smoke to imply the possibility of nuclear explosion. It suggests the necessity of a further investigation.
↓ Yellowish flash
![[Possible nuclear explosion ?] Reactor1 had possible shock wave and black smoke like reactor3 on 3/12/2011](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/imagebot367-450x192.png "[Possible nuclear explosion ?] Reactor1 had possible shock wave and black smoke like reactor3 on 3/12/2011")
↓ Smoke rose up before it spread horizontally
![2 [Possible nuclear explosion ?] Reactor1 had possible shock wave and black smoke like reactor3 on 3/12/2011](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/imagebot368-450x192.png "2 [Possible nuclear explosion ?] Reactor1 had possible shock wave and black smoke like reactor3 on 3/12/2011")
↓ Minor black smoke
![3 [Possible nuclear explosion ?] Reactor1 had possible shock wave and black smoke like reactor3 on 3/12/2011](http://fukushima-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/imagebot369-450x192.png "3 [Possible nuclear explosion ?] Reactor1 had possible shock wave and black smoke like reactor3 on 3/12/2011")
and from energy news......
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