Since I wrote this, the talking heads have backtracked to a scenario where units 5 & 6 are on a generator, allowing water to be pumped into the spent fuel pools.
They are in the process of running power lines to the complex, but are not there yet. Demystification has not arrived in TelleyLand. . On Mar 17, 2011, at 15:13 , Joseph McAllister wrote: > It was just announced on MSNBC that electrical power was just restored to the > complex. Hopefully this will allow some pumps to work, some controls, and the > metering systems to be brought online. A much better overview should be > available within 24 hours (Saturday, Japan Time). > > I would think that quite a bit of the electrical circuitry in some of those > units would have been damaged beyond use from the explosions. We shall see. > Units 2, 5, & 6 will be in good shape. That leaves only 1, 3, & 4 to be dealt > with ASAP. > > Best of luck over there. Thinking of you all the time. If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
