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35-ton machine fallen in Fukushima No. 3 spent fuel pool

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Friday found that a 35-ton machine had dropped inside the spent fuel pool of the No. 3 unit, possibly because of a hydrogen explosion that occurred in the early stage of plant’s nuclear accident last year.

Tokyo Electric Power Co., commonly known as TEPCO, reported the finding after placing a camera inside the water-filled pool the same day to prepare for removing, as part of the decommissioning process, the nuclear fuel stored there.

One photo showed part of the machine, originally located above the pool and used to insert and remove fuel, appeared to have dropped onto the nuclear fuel storage racks.

– source kyodonews.jp

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  1. Teleconference video of TEPCO shows that
    TEPCO fabricated lie to announce the cause of reactor 3 explosion.

    http://linktonews.digi2.jp

    The video shows that
    the announcement “Only Hydrogen explosion” is fabricated lie.
    It means
    the announcement
    “All spent fuel units (including Plutonium) still remain in the pool.
    No spent fuel units exploded.
    No Plutonium dispersed.”
    is fabricated lie, too.

    But few Japanese people notice that it means so.

    Japanese people got to know that
    the announcement “Only Hydrogen explosion” is fabricated lie,
    but nevertheless almost all Japanese people are unconcerned about Plutonium yet.

    In Japan,
    nobody require TEPCO show that
    all spent fuel units remain in the pool of reactor 3.

    Everybody around the world,
    please require TEPCO show that
    all spent fuel units remain in the pool of reactor 3.

    Appendix:
    ===== Extracts (from Teleconference video) =====
    > A senior TEPCO official:
    “In short, the only change we have made was replacing No.1 reactor with the No.3 reactor?
    We do not know whether it was a hydrogen explosion,
    but since the government is saying it is a hydrogen explosion,
    we can just say so, can’t we?”
    > Unidentified Person:
    “The prime minister’s office has also been using the term hydrogen explosion.
    Perhaps we should do the same.”
    > TEPCO President:
    “All right. I agree. This is fine. Speediness is the key.”
    > TEPCO Spokesman:
    “It was a hydrogen explosion.”

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