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Japan’s nuclear regulator has concluded that the Fukushima nuclear plant’s operator was inadequate in its inspection of radioactive water tanks after news of yet another leak. TEPCO earlier admitted it will now require international help.
TEPCO has also now admitted it will be seeking international expertise to help out with the leaks. "Many other countries outside of Japan have experienced decommissioning reactors, so we hope we can consult them more and utilize their experience,” TEPCO’s vice-president, Zengo Aizawa, said at a news conference on Wednesday night. "In that sense we need support - not only from the Japanese government, but from the international community - to do this job."
"Fundamentally, for a facility holding that kind of radioactive water, they did not take action that foresaw the risks of possible leaks," Fuketa said at a press briefing in Hirono. "On top of that – and this is an impression I had before my visit – I can't help but say that the inspections were careless."
Originally posted by shaneslaughta
I'm just glad they are finally asking for help,
Originally posted by shaneslaughta
TEPCO has also now admitted it will be seeking international expertise to help out with the leaks. "Many other countries outside of Japan have experienced decommissioning reactors, so we hope we can consult them more and utilize their experience,” TEPCO’s vice-president, Zengo Aizawa, said at a news conference on Wednesday night. "In that sense we need support - not only from the Japanese government, but from the international community - to do this job."
I wonder if they are referring to the Russians, as they are the only other nation that i know of that has had a meltdown. They are also the only other nation to have to clean up a nuclear disaster.
--1955 November -- An experimental breeder reactor about 50 miles west of Idaho Falls, Idaho, partially melts down during a test. The cause of the partial meltdown was attributed to operator error.
--1961 The SL-1 reactor, located at Idaho Falls, goes out of control causing a rupture of the building. The damaged core was reported to have emitted radiation at a rate of more than 500 rems per hour.
--1966 - The Enrico Fermi experimental breeder near Detroit, Michigan is the site of what is considered an "uncomfortably close call," as its core partially melts. Although a runaway reaction was prevented, the reactor was permanently disabled.
--1979 - Equipment failures and human error contribute to an accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A series of events led to the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.
1957--The Windscale plutonium production reactor catches fire spreading approximately 20,000 curies of radioactive iodine across Great Britain and northern Europe.
I'm just glad they are finally asking for help, something that should have been done two years ago.