Alarm as steam rises from Fukushima No. 3 reactor — Concern about uncontrolled chain reaction — Contains highly lethal MOX fuel — Tepco: “We don’t believe an emergency situation is breaking out” (VIDEO)
Published: July 18th, 2013 at 7:15 am ET By ENENews Email Article Email Article 50 comments Tweet
NYTimes, July 18, 2013 at 5:00a ET: The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant stood ready Thursday to inject boric acid into one of its most heavily damaged reactors after it found steam emanating from the reactor building. The preventive measure would stave off criticality, or an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction, in the reactor’s damaged core. The incident has brought the Fukushima plant’s vulnerable state into sharp relief [...] Remote camera footage Thursday showed steam escaping from the top of the No. 3 reactor’s primary containment structure, which houses its fuel vessel, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company [...]
The Japan Times: [...] vapor on fifth floor near MOX in fuel pool [...] Reactor 3, is the only one at the plant to use the highly lethal mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel, some of which is in its spent-fuel pool near the top of the reactor. “Steam has been seen around the fifth floor of the reactor 3 building,” a Tepco spokesman said. The pool is on that floor. [...]
AFP: [...] “Steam has been seen around the fifth floor of the Reactor 3 building,” a TEPCO spokesman told AFP. [...] “We do not believe an emergency situation is breaking out although we are still investigating what caused this.” [...]
Telegraph: Alarm as steam seen rising from Fukushima reactor [...] “All work to remove debris in and around Unit 3 was stopped,” a spokesperson for Tokyo Electric Power Co. told The Daily Telegraph. [...]
Watch video of the steam at Reactor 3 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxxlmUewz3Q
Published: July 18th, 2013 at 7:15 am ET By ENENews
ALARM as steam rises from Fukushima No. 3 reactor..... UH OH!
Subject: ALARM as steam rises from Fukushima No. 3 reactor..... UH OH! 
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