Japan to scrap stricken nuclear reactors

Japan to scrap stricken nuclear reactors

www.bbc.co.uk

Japan is to decommission four stricken reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator says.

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) made the announcement three weeks after failing to bring reactors 1 - 4 under control. Locals would be consulted on reactors 5 and 6 which were shut down safely.

Harmful levels of radioactivity have been detected in the area.

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We all knew it...

We knew this would happen... but this is not why I've posted here..

This is why;

Tepco has been accused of a lack of transparency and failing to provide information promptly.

And so much more given the way of things recently..
I'm sure we've already read and heard a lot about this company.. and now, it looks like they're going to be taking the blame..
We may find out just how much corruption and back hand payments was used in order to get these power stations situated where they are.

By the way, just how do you 'scrap' a nuclear reactor?
Is this Japans way of saying TShasHTF!!!!

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reply to post by Extralien


So does this mean the sand and concrete dumping begins? The sooner the better...

sounds like the Melted fuel rods will be available on Ebay next week then.

Buyer to come and collect. he he

Good luck. lol

how do you decommission a nuclear plant in full meltdown? This is another layer of BS from the Japanese government. This thing is gonna go on for years and irradiate Japan and many other countries for that time.

So just what else has TEPCO been up to..
I've done a little bit of searching and some of this is already posted in other threads on ATS, but just to compile here;

Japan radiation leaks feared as nuclear experts point to possible cover-up

www.guardian.co.uk...

Tepco coverup may have involved reactor's last defense against radiation leak

search.japantimes.co.jp...

admitted to two hundred occasions over more than two decades between 1977 and 2002, involving the submission of false technical data to authorities"

www.abovetopsecret.com...

thread this info obtained from;
www.abovetopsecret.com...&flagit=674659
great work by AllSeeingI

According to documents from Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the company repeatedly missed safety checks over a 10-year period up to two weeks before the 11 March disaster, and allowed uranium fuel rods to pile up inside the 40-year-old facility.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Just been updated on BBC;

Mr Katsumata said his company was preparing to compensate those suffering damage caused by radiation leaks.

Does that mean we can all sue for stress related problems, such as worrying that radiation might come to us?
Does it cover ANY country that radiation has been detected from these reactors?
Does this cover any affects nature in general is suffering and will suffer in the future?
And all that without even considering the impact this has had on the Japanese people and those brave souls who are in the immediate area trying to clear up somebody elses mess.

Japanese experts are considering whether to cover the reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi plant with a special material, to stop the spread of radioactive substances, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says.

And where are they putting these pools of radioactive leakage? What do these pools consist of?



What special material? Is there a name for it? I can't even begin to think on what this material could be.. except for concrete...

workers at the plant continue the difficult balancing act between pumping in water to keep the reactors cool, and draining pools of radioactive leakage.

This whole nuke thing is a tragedy built on profit, lies, and warm happy sheep. On the flip side, the money men are now all talking about how, they are needed here in Australia, unbelievable.

We adopt most of the things here that do not work in other countries, as most of our politicians are spineless capitalists out for a buck, mass immigration has worked no where else, but heck ask the Aussie government and they will say its a wonderful success..

Will man kind have learned the lesson once we are all extinct.

Entombment: It's like saying you have an STD and the doctor says the only thing you can do is to cut off your weewee, then you wait, while looking for other opinions and options. In the mean time it's spreaded to the nuts, then the only thing left to do is to cut them all off... Should've done it earlier?

Tokyo Elec: difficult to proceed with Texas project

Tokyo Electric Power Co , operator of a crippled nuclear power plant in northeast Japan, said it would be difficult to continue with a Texas reactor project it is working to develop with NRG Energy Inc .

"On the South Texas project, I think there are questions in the United States about whether it should be continued, and we, too, have financial difficulties, so it's hard to continue the project," Tokyo Electric Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata told a news briefing.

PRAISE THE LORD

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Pretty obvious mind games with this announcement. What they are trying to suggest is...

We're in control and on top of the situation - it's almost over......look, we can even think about the future of the plant. We'll probably just go ahead and scrap it.

Of course, most of us know what a stupid statement this is. As if they have any choice! As if they're going to EVER be able to use this plant again! But the statement suggests it's all in their hands and they actually had to consider if the plant could be saved

Whoa!

France will send in two nuclear experts and the U.S. will send robots to examine the reactor rods and fuel pools. The whole process could take three decades and cost upwards of $12 billion US and then there is the question of what to do with reactors 5 and 6.

CBC

That is insane! 3 decades and 12 billion dollars?! Also they don't know what to do with reactors 5 & 6?

How much longer are these reactors going to leak for?

AS

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Seems they may leak until its safe enough to be able to approach them up to a few feet away in order to cover them in concrete..

Unfortunately, time will tell.

It is a complete mess.. no wonder Germany has decided against nuclear power

They are going to nuke the plants.
I predicted this weeks ago.

Scrapping the plants is akin to saying "pull it".

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i some how doubt nuking the plants is a viable option

I wonder what they'll do with nuclear power in general in Japan. I've heard it amounts to about 30% of their energy.

It's going to take 30 years? That's nuts.