How To Take Apart Fukushima's 3 Melted-Down Reactors

[DEAD7]

the_newsbeagle writes "In Japan, workers have spent nearly three years on the clean-up and decommissioning of the ruinedFukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. They only have 37 years to go. Taking apart the plant's three melted-down reactors is expected to take 40 years and cost $15 billion. The plant's owner, TEPCO, admits that its engineers don't yet know how they'll pull off this monumental task. An in-depth examination of the decommissioning process explains the challenges, such as working amid the radioactive rubble, stopping up the leaks that spill radioactive water throughout the site, and handling the blobs of melted nuclear fuel. Many of the tasks will be accomplished by newly invented robots that can go where humans fear to tread."

 

[IAmGettingAMailOrderBride]

40 years tho????

 

[newworldafro]

Build expensive and safety dubious energy production facilities ...... take 40 years to de-commission brehs

 

[zayk35]

the_newsbeagle writes "In Japan, workers have spent nearly three years on the clean-up and decommissioning of the ruinedFukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. They only have 37 years to go. Taking apart the plant's three melted-down reactors is expected to take 40 years and cost $15 billion. The plant's owner, TEPCO, admits that its engineers don't yet know how they'll pull off this monumental task. An in-depth examination of the decommissioning process explains the challenges, such as working amid the radioactive rubble, stopping up the leaks that spill radioactive water throughout the site, and handling the blobs of melted nuclear fuel. Many of the tasks will be accomplished by newly invented robots that can go where humans fear to tread."

HMMMMMMMMMMMM

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

all the while it's letting out radiation into the air, land and sea.

 

[thekingsmen]

all the while it's letting out radiation into the air, land and sea.

This..

 

[thekingsmen]

Japanese should have listened to the elders on trusting the same companies who nuked 2 of your cities.

 

[godkiller]

40 years tho????

That's damn near half a century but if any people can do it, the Japanese can. The kicker is that it must be done to protect Japanese citizens.

 

[godkiller]

Build expensive and safety dubious energy production facilities ...... take 40 years to de-commission brehs

Where else would the Japanese get all the power they need to power their neon cities and anime conventions? I guess where the Japanese made their mistake was in underestimating typhoon conditions and the calamity that could occur with nuclear reactors in such circumstances. Everything is 20/20 in hindsight though. On the side-by-side basis, nuclear reactions are the best and most efficient sources of energy production in the world.

 

[bigDeeOT]

shyt like that will make someone commit suicide. Imagine you being the one responsible for the sloppy safety precautions leading to a 40 year clean up and $15 billion dollar mistake!

 

[newworldafro]

Where else would the Japanese get all the power they need to power their neon cities and anime conventions? I guess where the Japanese made their mistake was in underestimating typhoon conditions and the calamity that could occur with nuclear reactors in such circumstances. Everything is 20/20 in hindsight though. On the side-by-side basis, nuclear reactions are the best and most efficient sources of energy production in the world.

 

[Darth Nubian]

More money for me!

 

[Serious]

Forgot to drop this inside look at piff(tour inside the plant):

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

This wouldn't be nearly as much of an issue if they had used Thorium, but they just HAD to have weapons-grade materials to be competitive with the US and Soviets.

'White' people ruining the planet......by-proxy.​