Fukushima worker tweets: "It's so scary."

[FourScore]

Breaking News: High level of radiation is making hydrogen from H2O
Posted by Mochizuki on September 26th, 2011 · 9 Comments

These are the tonight’s tweets of actual Fukushima worker called Happy20790.

今日も無事帰って来ましたっ。1号機の原子炉建屋は今日も作業中止でし。先週、可燃性ガス測定器で4%Maxって言ったけどまさかの100％越え(*_*)今ある測定器は可燃性ガスを計るものだから水素単体はわからないけど東電はほとんどが水素だろうだって言ってる。

I managed to come back safely today. We couldn’t work at reactor 1 today, again. Last week,they said they detected 4% of hydrogen but it turned out to be over 100%. The current measurement tool is to detected only flammable gas, but Tepco says probably it is all hydrogen.

配管切んなくて良かった～。あり得ない事だけど、最初の工程には測定なんて項目なくて前日に決まったから、ヤバかったよ。水素単体の測定器は今1Fにはなくて、28日に準備出来る予定なんだ。28か29日に測定出来ると思う。結果は明らかだけどね。

We would have been all dead if we cut of the pipe. Unbelievable story, but as our original schedule, we didn’t plan to check the presence of flammable gas. The process was added the day before the day. It’s so scary.

The measurement tool to detect only hydrogen is not in Fukushima plant right now.

It’s coming on 9/28. We are to measure it on 28th or 29th but the result is already obvious. Most of the gas is hydrogen.

その後は窒素置換して窒素パージしながら切断する計画を検討してる。空気中の酸素濃度は18％位だから空気に触れても爆発だから凄く怖いんだけど…。窒素も大量に使うから酸欠事故も心配だし…。

then we are going to inject nitrogen to cut out to pipes. but normal air contains 18% of oxygen, which is enough to cause a hydrogen explosion even without fire. It’s so scary. Injecting nitrogen may also cause lack of oxygen..

http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/09/breaking-news-high-level-of-radiation-is-making-hydrogen-from-h2o/

[Remember Me]

1. My heart goes out to these workers, and any one in Japan

I wish we got more news. Thanks for posting this.

[mod mom]

13. They are true selfless heros who should be honored and remembered

for their sacrifice for their country.

[RKP5637]

2. K&R!!! n/t

[emilyg]

3. knr

[Mnemosyne]

4. ...

[MADem]

5. Poor guy. What an ironic twitter name....Happy20790.... nt

[Electric Monk]

8. "they said they detected 4% of hydrogen but it turned out to be over 100%."

I'm guessing he's not a scientist, or at least not a good one...

[FourScore]

10. The error can be in the translation. I believe it is a google generated. n/t

[Warpy]

6. Well, the idea behind the nitrogen is to lower the 02 level

to where the gas will be so oxygen starved it won't combust, much less explode.

Those workers are heroes, working in conditions that are completely unknown, facing death every single day because nobody really knows all the processes at work in those plants.

At least they've identified the gas. Two days ago, they had no clue what it was, only that it was explosive.

[Marrah_G]

7. They have so much courage

I hope he is okay.

[lonestarnot]

9. An experiment in life and death.

Poor things. :grouphug:

[ensho]

11. kick

nt

[closeupready]

12. Stay safe, TEPCO workers!

K&R