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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Efforts to manage Fukushima Daiichi 3

Efforts to manage Fukushima Daiichi 3
13 March 2011
FIRST PUBLISHED: 4.03am GMT
UPDATE 1: 9.35am GMT. Information on seawater injection

UPDATE 2: 1.30pm GMT. Issues related to seawater injection, Change of headline from Venting Fukushima Daiichi 3
 Operations to relieve pressure in the containment of Fukushima Daiichi 3 have taken place after the failure of a core coolant system. Seawater is being injected to make certain of core cooling, but two separate malfunctions are hampering efforts.
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2 comments:

  1. It's a very serious time for Japan. They've even made a carton to explain it to young kids "Nuclear Reactor Boy has a tummy ache"
    http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/cartoon-explaining-the-fukushima-nuclear-reactor-problem-to-kids/

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  2. In the mid 1990's the Japanese govt made a cartoon saying Plutonium was safe!!! Talk about brainwashing propaganda!!
    http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/japanese-pluto-kun-plutonium-is-safe-anime-propaganda-from-mid-1990s/

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