Perhaps they're trying to avoid suggesting that that is the particular rack in question. In other words, the picture is an example, but they may pick a different rack - it seems they don't know for sure how many they are going to sample, even.
Because they are going to fill the place with water, and they have to stop the leaks to do so. This is all part of the plan to eventually fill the torus, PCV, pedestal and RPV with water for shielding during fuel debris (corium) removal - in about 10 or 15 years.
See pages 51, 52 and 53 of the...
"The Storegga Slide occurred 8200 years ago and was the last megaslide in this region where similar slides have occurred with intervals of approximately 100 ky since the onset of continental shelf glaciations at 0.5 Ma."
"The Storegga Slide (Fig. 1) is one of the largest submarine slides...
Man. The guy gets the battery from his car to power the valve to release pressure so they can inject water in No. 3. While nuclear reactor buildings explode from time to time. And earthquakes. In the dark.
Desperate measures in desperate times. I thought my job was hard. Hah! I am humbled...
I seem to recall that that plan fell through due to damaged plumbing. Maybe this is just to buy some time, I'm sure these pumper trucks were never rated for nuclear plant cooling!
I'm sure they will, but just so it's said, I hope they have check valves installed so that the 'solution' does not become a siphon and drain the pool should a failure occur....
I think you saw three things -
1) SFP 4 steaming.
2) Followed by a fog bank rolling in.
3) The arrival of a wide load caravan with one of those oversized tanks they're bringing in at the rate of 4 or 6 per day.
Since thermocouples require good connections, I can see corrosion introducing offset quite easily. High temperatures, saltwater, steam, oh, I can see error possibilities indeed.
That is a thoughtful post, jlduh. It must have been the mother-of-all water hammers.
I wonder if they couldn't have some back-up cisterns, although I have no idea of the scale involved, but the ground itself could be a heatsink, maybe this could buy some time.
ITAR-TASS is not quite the AP. And furthermore, I'd be surprised if the US Government doesn't have plans in place to relocate DC if trouble arises, I'd bet most developed countries do.
I still think it's the same thing, they don't say, for example, that the diesel lost coolant, but that the equipment lost coolant. But you may be right, I can't say for sure, I just notice that a lot of things come over in an odd kind of way.