U.S. delivers coolant to Japan nuclear plant: Clinton

[MNeagle]

(Reuters) - The United States has transported coolant to a Japanese nuclear plant affected by a massive earthquake and will continue to assist Japan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

"We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton said at a meeting of the President's Export Council.

"You know Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards but one of their plants came under a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant," Clinton said.

reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/us-japan-quake-nuclear-clinton-idUSTRE72A4LR20110311?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews)

[MNeagle]

Tokyo Electric Power Co: Pressure inside No.1 reactor at Fukushima-Daiichi nuke plant is rising, with risk of radiation leak - Reuters


no story yet: http://www.breakingnews.com/

[Quixote2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant

2011 earthquake events

This section documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

After the March 11, 2011, earthquake, NHK Broadcasting reported that all six reactors shut down automatically, but that electrical problems prevented all cooling pumps for reactor #1 from functioning. Because cooling pumps are needed to reduce residual reactor heat, a nuclear emergency was declared. Under Japanese law, a nuclear emergency must be declared if there is a release of radiation, if there is a dangerous level of water in the reactor, or if the cooling mechanisms fail. However, there is no evidence of any radiation being released.[1] It was the first time a nuclear emergency had been declared in Japan. The emergency cooling systems also were activated for reactor #2. Batteries, which last about eight hours, are being used to power the reactor cooling during the electrical outage, and the government can use military helicopters to fly in replacement batteries.[2]

An evacuation order has been issued to people living within 3 kilometers of the plant, affecting approximately 5800 residents living near the power plant. People living less than 10 kilometers from the power plant have been advised to stay indoors.[3]

Nuclear experts say that as of 17h GMT if the situation is not resolved in the next few hours it will become serious.[4] Officials said there had been no radiation leak from the facility and that problems with its cooling system were not critical. David Lochbaum, who worked at three American reactor complexes that use General Electric technology and now works for the Union of Concerned Scientists, said the plant was probably equipped to function for some hours without emergency diesel generators.[5] The United States Air Force delivered coolant to the plant sites to assist in preventing dangerous pressure levels. The water level inside the reactor has dropped; however, the rods were not exposed.[6].

Past midnight local time, it was reported that The Tokyo Electric Power Company was considering venting out superhot gas from the reactor vessel into the atmosphere, which could result in the release of radioactives.[7] Saturday, the Tokyo Electric Company reported that radiation levels were rising in the turbine building for reactor 1, and that pressure had "soared" inside the containment building.[8]

[edit]References

^ Weisenthal, Joe (11 March 2011). "Japan Declares Nuclear Emergency, As Cooling System Fails At Power Plant". Business Insider. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
^ Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada (11 March 2011). "Japan Orders Evacuation From Near Nuclear Plant After Quake". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
^ Bloomberg. Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada. Japan Orders Evacuation From Near Nuclear Plant After Quake. March, 11, 2011, 14:11:59 GMT.
^ BBC News. Tsunami hits Japan after massive quake. March 11, 2011
^ Wald, Matthew L., (March 11, 2011). "Emergency Declared at Japanese Nuclear Plant". The New York Times. Retrieved Retrieved 2011-03-11.
^ Reuters. Japan scrambles to avert radiation crisis at nuclear plant. March 11, 2011.
^ "asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：福島原発炉内蒸気、外に逃す作業検討　放射能漏れの恐れ - 社会".
^ "Radiation level rising in Fukushima Nuclear Plant turbine building." Nikkei.com. 12 March 2011(Japan time). Retrieved18:30 GMT March 11, 2011.

[sunnyandseventy]

"We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton said at a meeting of the President's Export Council.

???
I call bullshit.
The Air Force just happened to have nuclear reactor coolant on hand at the air base in Japan?
Maybe it was already loaded on a fully fueled and ready to go Galaxy yesterday here CONUS? Just in case.

[sirgonzo420]

"We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton said at a meeting of the President's Export Council.

???
I call Bullshit.
The Air Force just happened to have nuclear reactor coolant on hand at the air base in Japan?
Maybe it was already loaded on a fully fueled and ready to go Galaxy yesterday here CONUS? Just in case.


You mean you don't prep nuclear reactor coolant?


:conf:

[DMac]

"We just had our Air Force assets in Japan transport some really important coolant to one of the nuclear plants," Clinton said at a meeting of the President's Export Council.

???
I call Bullshit.
The Air Force just happened to have nuclear reactor coolant on hand at the air base in Japan?
Maybe it was already loaded on a fully fueled and ready to go Galaxy yesterday here CONUS? Just in case.


Good point.

Was anyone performing earthquake drills off the coast of japan yesterday...or nuclear meltdown drills for that matter...???

[Plastic]

Hell, I thought nuclear reactors were cooled by plain but ultra pure water (distilled to prevent corrosion) pumped through a closed loop system to prevent contamination while it carries the heat away to a heat exchanger which creates steam for secondary purposes, steam turbine generators, steam heating for the city etc...

I wonder if the Air Farce delivered them Prestone for coolant, would'nt surprise me none if they did....

[Neuro]

Reactor coolant isn't that water? Anyway what good would it do if the pumps doesn't work?

[ximmy]

Chalk one up for the under ocean nuclear device set on a fault line conspiracy...

who did it?
what is the gain?

[uncletonoose]

Chalk one up for the under ocean nuclear device set on a fault line conspiracy...

who did it?
what is the gain?


Rothchild Zionists did it, and billions for the IMF, World Bank, JP Morgue and any other bankers you can think of.

[mightymanx]

Japan does not have their own supply of DI water it is not like it is some magic substance.
I am calling bull shit on the US "aid". Pure media hype to make people think we are doing something.

[MNeagle]

Correction: U.S. officials now say they offered to provide coolant to Japan for its nuclear plant, but nation declined


http://www.breakingnews.com/filter/japan



Japan issues state of emergency at another nuclearpower plant after cooling system failure - AP

[MNeagle]

Nuclear Expert: "Fukushima Has 24 Hours To Avoid A Core Meltdown Scenario"


Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/11/2011 17:43 -0500

Japan Meltdown Nuclear Power Three Mile Island


In an interview with Mark Hibbs, a Berlin-based senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a nonprofit think tank, Newsmax magazine asks - what happens next at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. The answer according to the nuclear expert, is that as Fukushima is now well on its way to a full core-melt nuclear accident, a worst case scenario could possibly lead to the same results last seen in 1986 Chernobyl.

rest of story (http://www.zerohedge.com/article/nuclear-expert-fukushima-has-24-hours-avoid-core-meltdown-scenario?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedg e+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+fo r+everyone+drops+to+zero%29)

[vacuum]

"You know Japan is very reliant on nuclear power and they have very high engineering standards but one of their plants came under a lot of stress with the earthquake and didn't have enough coolant," Clinton said.

Would a secretary of state really structure a sentence like that?