Navigation section

containment vessel

About this tag
The tag 'containment vessel' on WindowsForum.com is used in discussions about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Threads cover topics such as the damage to reactor containment vessels, efforts to cool reactor cores by flooding containment vessels with water, and reports of melt-through events. Content includes news about Tokyo Electric Power Company's strategies for managing radiation and water circulation, as well as expert analysis of radiation readings indicating potential containment failure. The tag is associated with nuclear engineering and emergency response topics rather than Windows or IT subjects.
  1. whoosh

    Tepco Rethinking Plan For Cooling Reactors

    TOKYO (Nikkei)--In light of indications that damage to the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is worse than expected, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) is expected to take a fresh approach to cooling down the fuel rods by installing equipment to circulate water that has...
    • whoosh
    • Thread
    • containment vessel fukushima nuclear cooling radioactive
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  2. whoosh

    Workers adjust gauges to flood Fukushima No. 1 reactor with water

    TOKYO — Workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant adjusted measuring gauges Tuesday as part of the process to flood the vessel containing the No. 1 reactor with water and create a system to keep the fuel inside cool. But the working environment remains tough due to...
    • whoosh
    • Thread
    • containment vessel fukushima reactor water injection
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  3. whoosh

    Fukushima Reactor 2 Has Melted Through Containment Vessel

    The Guardian reports that Japanese engineers have "lost the race" to prevent a nuclear meltdown. Apparently reactor number 2 has melted through its containment vessel, onto the concrete floor underneath. According to the expert quoted in the piece, the fuel will now run out like lava, "and that...
    • whoosh
    • Thread
    • containment vessel fukushima nuclear safety radiation monitoring
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  4. whoosh

    Japan may have lost race to save nuclear reactor

    Link Removed Tokyo. The radioactive core in a reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to a concrete floor, experts say, raising fears of a major release of radiation at the site, the Guardian reported. The...
    • whoosh
    • Thread
    • containment vessel fukushima radiation levels tepco
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
Back
Top