TEPCO Lies, SFP#4 EMPTY?, Large Earthquake in Future:  Fukushima update 2/7/13
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2013-02-08

TEPCO suspected of false account to Diet panel
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130207_19.html

The operator of the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been accused of trying to block a Diet panel probe into the March 2011 nuclear accident at the facility.
Mitsuhiko Tanaka, a former Diet panel member, submitted a document to the leaders of both chambers of the Diet on Thursday, asking for an investigation into the matter.
Tanaka claims in the document that Tokyo Electric Power Company told the panel last February that the inside of the building housing the plant's No.1 reactor was pitch-dark as it was covered by a sheet, rendering it too dangerous for an onsite inspection to be carried out.
This explanation, he says, led the panel to give up the idea of conducting the on-site inspection.
TEPCO reportedly showed the panel a video depicting the interior of the reactor building, explaining that the footage was shot before the installment of the cover.
But Tanaka says it was later discovered that the images were shot after the installment and the inside was not completely dark regardless of the existence of the cover.
Tanaka says TEPCO's false explanation constitutes a serious obstruction of the panel's business. He is demanding that the Diet look into the developments and conduct an onsite investigation.
TEPCO refuted the allegation, saying officials in charge made a mistake in dating the footage.
Feb. 7, 2013 - Updated 06:13 UTC (15:13 JST)

Video: Japan expert reveals "serious obstruction" at Fukushima — Investigation blocked into whether Reactor 1 was damaged by quake, not tsunami
http://enenews.com/govt-panel-member-exposes-fukushima-coverup-tepco-blocked-investigation-reactor-1-damaged-quake-tsunami-video
    [Tepco] blocked an attempt by a Diet-appointed panel to enter the No. 1 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi complex for an accident investigation last year, saying the unit was "in complete darkness," which was not true, a member of the panel said Thursday.
    The panel members were seeking to determine whether important equipment of the No. 1 reactor had suffered damage as a result of the earthquake on March 11, 2011, before ensuing tsunami ravaged the plant [...]
    In a report compiled in July last year, the panel said the earthquake may have damaged equipment necessary for ensuring the safety at the No. 1 reactor, touching on the possibility of small-scale pipe breaks.
    It also said that several workers who were on the fourth floor of the No. 1 reactor building at the time of the earthquake witnessed a water leak on the same floor, which houses two large tanks for the isolation condenser and piping for the condenser.

Active fault could cause massive quake in Tokyo
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130207_25.html

Asahi: Secret cable shows highest-ranking U.S. military officer 'deeply concerned' about Fukushima Unit 4 after 3/11 — Fuel pool "might be empty" and needed water from above
http://enenews.com/asahi-secret-cable-shows-highest-ranking-military-officer-deeply-concerned-about-fukushima-unit-4-after-311-fuel-pool-be-empty-needed-water-above
    [...] The discussions at the [March 15, 2011 emergency meeting of senior Japan officials] focused on the No. 4 unit at the plant, which had just suffered an explosion that morning. The attendees were also informed that the confidential cable had said top U.S. military officer Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was deeply concerned about the risk posed by the No. 4 unit.
    [...] the U.S. military had pointed out the possibility that the spent fuel pool for the No. 4 reactor might be empty and urged that measures be taken immediately to cool the reactor first [...]
    The debris scattered by the explosions at the No. 1 and No. 3 reactors had made it difficult to spray water on the crippled reactor from the ground. [...]
    Burton Field, commander of U.S. Forces Japan [...] stressed the need to inject water into the spent fuel pool for the No. 4 reactor from above, effectively reiterating the point made by Mullen and described in the secret cable. [...]

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