Power may be restored to one of the crippled reactors at Japan�s damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant, possibly today, improving the odds that workers can prevent a meltdown and further radiation leaks.Water Pumps Have Been Restarted
The U.S. military, which is flying unmanned surveillance drones over the 40-year-old power station about 135 miles (220 kilometers) north of Tokyo at Japan�s request, said it is �cautiously optimistic� that the damage to the reactors can be contained. The risk of a meltdown has lessened after water was dumped on the site yesterday, said Thomas Graham, chairman of Lightbridge Corp., a McLean, Va.-based nuclear fuel developer, said in a Bloomberg Television interview.
�We�re optimistic that we�ll continue to progress in this, and that worst-case scenario will never be encountered,� Admiral Robert Willard, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, told reporters by telephone from Hawaii. The worst-case scenario would be if the effort to keep the cores of the reactors covered were abandoned, he said.
The possibility of a meltdown is �not off the table, but the more water that goes in there,� the less the risk of a meltdown becomes,� Graham said. �The reactor situation is definitely not deteriorating as it was and seemingly becoming stable and perhaps becoming more under control.�
Mike in Tokyo Rogers reports Success! NHK Confirms that Water Pumps Have Been Restarted
There is no article. Just a news flash at the top of NHK news site. NHK has confirmed that the water pumps have been successfully restarted.Mike "Mish" Shedlock
The blue text at the bottom says, "Fukushima #1 Nuclear Plant #3 Reactor: Japan Self-Defense Force has restarted water pumps (at 2:03 pm)"
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