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Hear Hear, thank you Tsutsuji!

The AEC transmitted a scenario where the head bolts stretched, which GE didn’t think was what happened. "All the three units (IF] -3) experienced containment overpressure in the early phase of the accident, which caused excessive leakage from flange, ailocks and other peentrations. Hydrogen...

Interesting scenes from TEPCO's video related to ocean monitoring of sea life in 20 km http://photo.tepco.co.jp/en/date/2012/201203-e/120330-01e.html

http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1110/ML11102A041.pdf MEMBER CORRADINI: The only reason I ask the question is, from the same public sources I think we are all looking at, Unit 1 is the only one that is showing pressurized. MR. RULAND: That's correct. ----- MEMBER ARMIJO: I've been...

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tokyo-np.co.jp%2Farticle%2Fnational%2Fnews%2FCK2012013102000038.html http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tokyo-np.co.jp%2Fs%2Farticle%2F2012013190071414.html Re - Frozen piping

These photos were captured Dec 1st here in the US. Interested to find out what was going on here

Here are some composite images of the R4 SFP generated from the TEPCO video released on 11/11/2011 http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/movie_1111/1111_19-e.html http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/movie_1111/1111_20-e.html http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/news/110311/movie_1111/1111_21-e.html

Thanks Tsutsuji as always, I found a report from TEPCO in English version as well http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/betu11_e/images/111104e19.pdf

Thanks Zapper, I agree fresh fuel would have been much smaller. But would have become more like end-of-cycle fuel through the meltdown and subsequent internal activity? Was that taken into account for at any point? if so when? Any thoughts on how to interpret...

Long time follower of this thread, first time posting, so let me open by thanking mods, admin, and Tsutsuji! I also kept thoughts about the conditions of melted fuel and how it affects cold shutdown. Obviously, dose modeling and other calculations in March were based off the fact that it was...