Backup power to cool the reactor has stopped. Fire at Onaga plant in Miyagi

[nadinbrzezinski]

(That is another facility)

Japan earthquake and tsunami: fire breaks out at nuclear plant in Onagawa
A fire broke out in the turbine building of Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on Friday after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake triggered a huge tsunami.

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11:10AM GMT 11 Mar 2011
It was not immediately clear if there was a risk of a radioactive leak as a result of the fire at the plant operated by Tohoku Electric Power. Miyagi prefecture was one of the areas worst hit by the tsunami.
Kyodo also reported that an emergency core-cooling unit had been activated at Fukushima nuclear plant, without giving further details.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8375891/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-fire-breaks-out-at-nuclear-plant-in-Onagawa.html

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Here we go with this one too

NHK is reporting problems exist at the Onagawa nuclear reactor in Fukushima prefecture. Backup power to cool the reactor has stopped. Heat issues are a concern.
comment by Kanagawa_resident at 10:45 PM

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Japan_earthquake2

[rufus dog]

2. Shit

Was the plant shutdown of Friday?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. They probably emergency scrammed most of these

reactors...that is kind of standard.

[rufus dog]

7. I would think

So there should be a good 36 to 48 hours of cooling.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Hope...

[pokerfan]

6. It's not really on fire

That's just emergency illumination. :sarcasm:

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. The fire was in the turbine room

that is separate, but I need to ask what was damaged?

[Turbineguy]

14. Turbines require a cooldown too.

That requires coolant to the condenser and lube oil coolers.

[Cetacea]

3. Thanks

K&R

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[Wilms]

8. That makes three.

Just read that were already two separate plants involved. Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini.


NYTimes:

On Saturday, Japanese officials took the extraordinary step of flooding the crippled No. 1 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, 170 miles north of Tokyo, with seawater in a last-ditch effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown.

Then on Sunday, cooling failed at a second reactor — No. 3 — and core melting was presumed at both, said the top government spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano. Cooling had failed at three reactors at a nuclear complex nearby, Fukushima Daini, although he said conditions there were considered less dire for now.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x631130

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. and two cores have had at least a partial meltdown

somebody has to tell CNN that though

[Wilms]

12. And staring at a possible third reactor PLUS we haven't heard about the storage pools. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. The storage pools????