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Reality (02 August 2013) Giant Louisiana sinkhole "taken on a
volcano-like quality"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4fB0XpWlWI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUguovwAfX19TMe1gHyoB1uQ
Yomiuri:
Tunnels under Fukushima plant suspected to be damaged from quake
—
Allows radioactive water to ‘move’ into ground — Still holding
over 15,000 tons — Contamination continues flowing in from turbine
buildings — Tepco “couldn’t afford to work on tunnels”
Source:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Author:
Takashi Ito and Takashi Maemura
Date:
July 31, 2013
[...]
On the sea side of Nos. 1 to 4 reactors, there are two types of
tunnels [...] and more than 15,000 tons of contaminated water remains
there.
Two
years ago, the company did not conduct any work at locations other
than the exit of test wells to prevent water leakage. It even failed
to make any effort to remove the water from the tunnels at that time.
A
source close to the matter said, “As problems occurred one after
another at that time, [the company] couldn’t afford to work on the
tunnels.”
As
tunnels for electric cables are less resistant to earthquakes than
reactors and other key equipment at the plant, they may have been
damaged by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The bottom of
the tunnels is lined with gravel, and leaked contaminated water may
have moved to other spots where groundwater is located.
Some
tunnels are connected to turbine buildings where huge amounts of
radioactive water are concentrated. TEPCO plans to launch work to
drain the tainted water but is likely to face many challenges,
including how to close the connections to the turbine buildings.
[...]
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