Cracks found in vent pipe at Fukushima plant
workers on Wednesday discovered the cracks and cuts at 8 places in
the buttress about 66 meters above the ground. The Nuclear Regulation
Authority has ordered the company to assess the capacity of the pipe to
withstand an earthquake as quickly as possible. The 120-meter vertical
pipe stands between the number-1 and number-2 reactor buildings. [...]
they believe the 2011 earthquake damaged the steel framework. They say
they have not observed any obvious damage in the pipe itself. The
officials say they are considering how to access the pipe to assess its
strength. The area around the pipe is contaminated with high levels of
radiation measuring 10 sieverts per hour.
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