On Dec 29, 7:10*pm, |"
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On Dec 29, 5:44*am, bob haller wrote:









Fukushima plant's backup generator failed in 1991

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant failed to take
preventive measures after a backup generator was inundated by a
leaking pipe 20 years ago.

Former employees of the Tokyo Electric Power Company told NHK that the
problem occurred in October 1991.

They said water leaked from a pipe and entered the basement of the
Number 1 reactor's turbine building. This caused the failure of one of
the two backup generators.

A former engineer at the Fukushima plant said he told his superiors
that tsunami could damage the emergency generators in the basement, as
the turbine buildings are close to the sea.

TEPCO installed doors to block water leaks in the rooms hosting the
backup generators, but did not move them above ground to avoid tsunami
damage.

The plant's reactor cooling system failed when the emergency
generators in the basement were inundated by the March 11th tsunami.
All power sources were lost.

Japan'sNuclear Safety Commission says it will revise the safety
guidelines for designing nuclear plants and require the installation
of additional power sources.

Thursday, December 29, 2011 13:18 +0900 (JST)

It maybe the earthquake nailed the reactor(S) and the wave damage is
little
more than an after thought for use by the utility PR boys.

Bloody memory, I don't recall the details as I
like......................Trig

Lots of stuff went wrong, and the energy mafia in charge wasn't
prepared for squat going wrong.

Others will likely keep reminding us, and those seals will keep dieing
from radiation.

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-tes...003224466.html

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