Power Blackout at Fukushima Dai-ichi 18 March 2013

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This does not sound good   


Power blackout in Fukushima plant,
coolant system of the pools in reactors 1, 3, 4 lost power



Posted by Mochizuki on March 18th, 2013





According to Kyodo, power blackout took place in Fukushima plant.

The coolant system of the spent fuel pools in reactor1, 3, 4 are stopped.

Details are not announced yet.

According to the meteorological agency of Switzerland,
the emission from Fukushima would reach Tokyo
area by wind after 15:00 of 3/19/2013.


Tepco is receiving power from Tohoku-Electric Power Co,
but they are having some problems
with sending it to the coolant system of SFPs.



Fukushima emission toward Tokyo area 3/19/2013 - YouTube




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Lest we forget ...
two years ago YESTERDAY   






This was the condition - per The Washington Post 
- of the 6 Fukushima units as of a week later - 25 March 2011.










This is what the spent fuel pool at Fukushima Reactor #4 used to look like.   







The red arrow shows the location of the Common Spent Fuel Pool (CSFP).






The Common Spent Fuel Pool (CSFP).









Click this great informational graphic to enlarge.




Graphic courtesy Jim Stone.