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Friday, October 12, 2012

No “Melt-throughs” at Fukushima Daiichi?

From The Hiroshima Syndrome
 
No “Melt-throughs” at Fukushima Daiichi? (October 12)
 
Tepco has posted the results of the first water sample taken inside the unit #1 Primary Containment Vessel (PCV) at Fukushima Daiichi. We find results that come as more than a bit of a surprise. Given the differences with respect to the chemical make-up of the interior and exterior waters relative to the unit #1 PCV, and the fact that the highest radiation level inside the PCV is essentially parallel to the bottom head of the RPV (in today’s first update), I now believe it is possible that none of the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi experienced catastrophic RPV “melt-through”.
 

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