Friday, July 6, 2012

#Fukushima I Nuke Plant Reactor 1: Collaborating Robots Found 5 Sieverts/Hr Spot on 1st Floor



On the 4th of July, in a US-Japan joint operation at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, Packbot 1 opened the door to the TIP room for Quince 2 using the key (how sophisticated, instead of simply knocking down the door like a SWAT team), and Packbot 2 measured radiation levels in the Reactor 1 building first floor, in the high-radiation south side in preparation for the future endoscopic probe into the Containment Vessel. (Who needs Gundam?)

The spot that measured 4.7 sieverts/hour last year measured even higher this time (No.21 in the table below): 5,150 millisieverts/hour, or 5.15 sieverts/hour. There are several other locations with radiation levels easily exceeding 1 sievert/hour at 150 centimeters off the floor.

In general, the radiation levels at 150 centimeters off the floor were SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER than those at 15 centimeters. No place for carbon-based workers.

From TEPCO's Photos and Video Library, 7/5/2012 (click to enlarge):


There's also a video, clearly edited, and very bad. I'm downloading it just for the record, and will post it here later.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

And the "plan" to clean up this mess is?? Of course,this is the plant in "cold shutdown state." I would HATE to see a plant in non-shutdown!

No plan either....its beyond what carbon based lifeforms can fix....

Anonymous said...

Thanks for putting the list of Obama Czars back up. I thought you had gone soft or been bought off or something.

Best regards,

Smoking Caster

arevamirpal::laprimavera said...

Gone soft on O'Bummer? Me? No way.

Atomfritz said...

At least no more bubbling water like in last year's video of the spot.

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