First pictures from inside of the Fukushhima Nuclear Plant. Steam now pouring from four reactors!

[Better Believe It]

First pictures emerge of the Fukushima Fifty as steam starts pouring from all four reactors at the stricken nuclear power plant
By Matt Blake and Richard Shears
March 24, 2011

The darkness is broken only by the flashing torchlight of the heroes who stayed behind.

These first images of inside the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant reveal the terrifying conditions under which the brave men work to save their nation from full nuclear meltdown.

Efforts to control the leakage of radiation from the crippled nuclear plant in Japan received a setback early today when steam began pouring from four reactor buildings.

Until then, black smoke billowing from one of the reactors had been the only concern - an incident which resulted in all work to cool four of the reactors being suspended on Wednesday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369216/Japan-nuclear-crisis-Fukushima-Fifty-pictures-inside-nuclear-power-plant.html


Conundrum: Two of the Fukushima Fifty pour over plans as they try to work out how to fix the stricken plant


Darkness: A worker looks at gauges in the control room for Unit 1 and Unit 2 at the plant


Grainy: Workers collect data in the control room for Unit 1 and Unit 2. They must wear rubber suits to prevent as much radiation from entering their bodies as possible


Teamwork: Outside the men connect transmission lines to restore electric power supply to Unit 3 and Unit 4


Aiming high: Workers in protective suits work on a transmission tower to restore electricity to Units 5 and 6

[Better Believe It]

1. Evacuation Ordered at Japan Plant as Workers Burned by Radiation!

Evacuation Ordered at Japan Plant as Workers Burned by Radiation
By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Pavel Alpeyev
March 24, 2011

Engineers at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant were evacuated from one reactor after three men suffered radiation burns, the second retreat from the location in as many days.

Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the plant located 220 kilometers (135 miles) north of Tokyo, had resumed efforts to restore electricity to the No. 3 reactor yesterday. The area was cleared of technicians the day before after smoke was detected.

The injured workers were contaminated with up to 180 millisieverts of radiation, close to the recommended limit, after working in water 30 centimeters deep while laying a power cable. Two of the workers were hospitalized with beta radiation burns on their feet after water had seeped into their boots. Dangerous radiation levels, fires and explosions at four of the six reactors have hampered repair work since a magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11 knocked out the electricity.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-24/evacuation-ordered-at-japan-plant-as-workers-burned-by-radiation.html

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2. Could you pay me enough to be the photographer on this gig?

I'm rather thinking the answer is no. (By the way, those workers in the first photo are "poring" not "pouring" over plans.)

[Raschel]

3. You couldn't pay me to be a reporter in Japan.

[Control-Z]

4. Is it just me?

Or does this seem like a different story than the one today's press release tells?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x282873

:shrug:


Those are some heroic people working, though, no matter how you tell it.

[Better Believe It]

5. That is actually a press release from yesterday, Japanese time.

Right now it's Friday morning, March 25th in Japan.

[xchrom]

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[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Better Believe It.