Fukushima: SFP#3 Equipment Removal, Cements Tunnels, Ice Wall Fallacy update 8/2/15
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 03/08/2015

I'm trying to get caught up for the last few days on Fukushima Updates.
Here's the video of Tepco removing FHM from SFP 3 8/2/2015 https://youtu.be/se7t8AfP0Cc
"Workers Remove Fuel Exchanger at Fukushima Daiichi at Reactor 3 Spent Fuel Pool"  (Aug. 2, 2015 )
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have successfully removed a 20-ton device from the Number 3 reactor building.

The fuel exchanger fell into the fuel pool on the top floor when the reactor building exploded during the 2011 disaster. The device was used to move nuclear fuel in and out of the pool.

The removal of the fuel exchanger started on Sunday morning and took 7 hours to complete.

As the site is highly radioactive, workers watched camera footage, and used 2 remote-controlled cranes to carry out the task.

The 566 fuel rod assemblies in the spent fuel pool of the Number 3 reactor building could have suffered damage if the device had fallen back in during the removal procedure.

The other decommissioning work at the plant was suspended during the removal to secure the safety of the workers.

The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, says there were no major problems, and the amount of radioactive substances at Fukushima Daiichi has not changed.

The removal of spent fuel is the first major challenge for the decommissioning of the plant, which will take an estimated 40 years to complete. But the large amount of debris and the high levels of radiation have kept spent fuel from being removed from the Number 1, 2 and 3 reactor buildings.
The removal of the fuel exchanger is a major step forward, but the removal of spent fuel will not start until 2017, or 2 years behind schedule, as it will take a long time to remove the debris and decontaminate the area.

The current roadmap says the removal of spent fuel will start in 2021. However, TEPCO has not been able to determine the location of the spent fuel rods that melted and fell, and has yet to start developing technologies to remove them.

Many issues remain before the buildings are demolished and the decommissioning work is completed.
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"Fukushima Plant Clears of Radioactive Water" - WOW - WHAT A MISLEADING TITLE.  Wow.
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"Ice Wall Building Resumes" In SPITE OF THE FACT THAT the ICE WALL HAS BEEN PROVEN NOT TO WORK.
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DEAD AND DYING WHALES (including little Sandlance fish - BY THE WAY: those little Sandlance fish now found to be 'TOXIC" here in North America were Also found to be RADIOACTIVE just shortly after the Fukushima disaster began in March 2011)!!!  Hint hint.
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AREVA to Sell Majority of Reactor Unit - Areva is Broke!
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Residents Hail Indictment of TEPCO Officials
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Robot "may delay" visit into reactor 2
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Sendai Nuclear Power Plant does practice drills for accidents - Nearly ready to reopen - just miles away from a recently active volcano! 
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New Seawall in Nahara
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TEPCO sued over suicide of 102 year old
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audio called Sleep Lightly by Benjaman Orth featuring Lisa DeBenedects (creative commons license)