well, in the words that go with that the ministry of defense says the containment vessel is at 262 degrees. and that s 50 degrees above the boiling point of water. that s the containment vessel that s believed to have a crack in it. so water cannot exist inside it because it s at atmospheric pressure as a result of the crack. it tells me the suppression pool is likely dry, and that s the one i would be most worried about, because it seems to me that what you re seeing there is super heated air with no water in sight. so, super heated air, a possible breach. what are the risks of trying to going and contain this to get in close what you need to do. you know, the vessel at 262 degrees, if you spray water, the water won t even get to the vessel it will begin to vaporize even before it gets there according to the ministry of defense. that one is the, will be the
the steam that would be released from a large break was supposed to be condensed and by the water in the suppression pool, in the large structure. and the concern was that if the structure failed as a result of these unconsidered loads, you would lose containment, which they may have continue at one of the fukushima plants now. and i would also lose the source of cooling water for the reactor core. so the the thing that was of potential trouble is you could have a core meltdown. an uncontrolled release of radioactive material. it sounds to me what you re describing is what s happening in terms of the loss of coolant and the overheating the result. am i being oversimplicity sonic is your fear what s been oversimplistic, or is your fear what s been happening?
by this company in which they were trying to explain what the two of you, jim and you were speculating on. and they do say now that there was a sound of an explosion in the suppression pool inside the chamber. and they do say that workers are being evacuated though 50 workers will remain on site to try to carry out the continuing cooling operations. obviously, number two reactor is something much different than the other two explosions has happened which is now prompted the evacuations. and as you said, elliott, there is a lot of information coming from this one company, from this one company that really has had problems in the past. that s why so many people are listening to these, sometimes reassuring, sometimes not so reassuring words from a company that they are very skeptical of. three reactors at the fukushima
find more ways to get to the table but you can still refinance to a fixed rate as low as 4.75% at lendingtree.com, where customers save an average of $293 a month. call lending tree at. today. u.s. officials say there s evidence a breach has occurred at the nuclear power plant in japan severely damaged by the quake. there have been three reactor explosions at the daiichi plant, and today word came of a fire breaking out at a fourth reactor. the nuclear energy institute says reports of rising radiation and falling pressure inside the suppression pool indicate the reactor s containment has been
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