FYI.
– The Ice-Wall Go-eth – Japan Scraps Fukushima Freezing Plan (ZeroHedge, Aug 14, 2014):
On the heels of our previous aggregation of all things Fukushima, we were ‘shocked’ to see the flashing red headline tear across the Bloomberg exclaiming that “The Japanese government has decided to abandon the ‘frozen water wall’ solution to Fukushima’s meltdown.” When they unveiled this “Game of Thrones”-esque 1.4km long ice-wall a year ago, we snarkily wished them luck, questioning their sanity. Of course, we got a hint when 2 months ago, TEPCO admitted that“we have yet to form an ice plug because we can’t get the temperature low enough to freeze the water.” For now, there is no Plan B – though we ‘wasting’ JPY 32 billion on so far is helping GDP.
As Bloomberg reports, the Japanese government is seeking other methods to block radioactive water in an underground trench at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant from leaking into the ocean because the freezing plan is not effective, Sankei newspaper reports, citing an unidentified government official.
Nuclear Regulation Authority will hold a meeting on Aug. 19 to discuss whether to continue using freezing method: Sankei
Trench-freezing project is using the same technology as a plan to completely surround reactor basements by freezing soil into underground ice wall: Sankei
Plant operator Tokyo Electric is investigating other methods to block contaminated water in trench, spokeswoman Mayumi Yoshida says by phone
Call to Japan’s Trade Ministry by Bloomberg News wasn’t immediately returned
Via TEPCO (Google Translate)
…the problem that does not freeze “wall of ice” even after more than three months, and see the effect on dry ice or ice you are introduced from the end of July because it is not, the 13th, it was found that the government consider giving up of “wall of ice”, and began to explore the method of another. According to government officials, review meetings by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was held on the 19th, and that decide the propriety of the continuation of the freezing method.
In order to stem the contaminated water flowing into the trench of the sea from the side of Unit 2 turbine building, wall of ice, construction method are arranged cement bags to the junction, and to freeze the surrounding water is passed through a frozen pipe. Began to flow the refrigerant to freeze tube from the end of April, but not freezing water temperature is high, and began the introduction of ice from July 30. ?
However, there is no effect even when 15 tons placed for 1 day Ice was increased to 27 tons up to 7 Nov., but it did not freeze. ?Ice was put into up to 12 days amounting to a total of about 250 tons. Voted one tons in the 7th and dry ice, but it postponed the closing clogged the small pipe, was resumed on the 12th. ?That wall of ice does not freeze, it has been pointed out from the experts also review meeting regulatory committee.
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Perhaps… excavate the entire Fukushima region, build a giant spaceship, load Fukushima region onto spaceship, fly Fukushima towards sun…
Kuroda, we’re gonna need some more money…
I never believed it in the first place.
They have done something only done by people.
Invented things beyond their abilities to control…..like nuclear power.
Now, it is a mess. They have lied and lied about it, it is killing everything. The Pacific is the largest ocean on the globe, now it is dead, thanks to these bastards.
Pity we could not build a dome to drop over them and leave them to die there as they deserve.
Seeing our dead ocean is enough for me. The ocean that was such a wonderful part of my life is now dead.
Where are the animal rights people? Why did they do nothing to rescue some of the fish, dolphins, whales…….now, it is too late, they are all diseased or dead.
For the people who live by the ocean……I understand why you chose to live there……but, it will soon be unbearable. You need to get out, the stench and poisons will soon be unbearable. There are probably other factors, but we have no such experience in our history to consult.
Our water will soon be poisoned if it isn’t already. Our crops are already polluted……..we confront a disaster unimaginable outside of a horror film.
We are finished thanks to a few greedy guts who had to have it all.