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it looks to me like a still-standing structure completely disappeared. watch the replay a couple times. there's a white building not unlike 2 other to the right
by csulok 16y ago
it looks to me like a still-standing structure completely disappeared. watch the replay a couple times. there's a white building not unlike 2 other to the right, is partially covering a lightning rod. when you see the shockwave, it's no longer there, at all.
- uxp 16y agoThis picture just appeared on Wikipedia, of which I am guessing is the building that may or may not be the one that possibly exploded. Maybe someone more knowledgable than myself can identify what the building is used for. The 2011 Sendai earthquake article says " the outer structure of reactor number 1's containment building had blown off, releasing a large cloud of dust and vapour." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2011-03-12_1800_NHK_S%C5%8Dg%C5%8D_channel_news_program_screen_shot.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2011-03-12_1800_NHK_S%C5%8... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsun...
- uvdiv 16y agoI have no clue what's going on (and I Am Not An Engineer), but I'm fairly sure that in this photo http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Fukushima_I_NPP_1975.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Fukushima... The longer, rectangular buildings on the seaside are the turbine halls, and the square buildings next to them (in the inland direction) are the containment buildings.
- po 16y agoThat's correct. Of the four, it's the small building on the right that is reactor number one: the one that is melting down.
- rwmj 16y agoWikipedia deletionists have already put a speedy deletion tag on that. Go Wikipedia!
- nossralf 16y agohttp://www.ansn-jp.org/jneslibrary/npp2.pdf http://www.ansn-jp.org/jneslibrary/npp2.pdf That PDF has a schematic of the containment building on page 4. The "MARK-I" image corresponds to the Fukushima I-1 building.
- uvdiv 16y agoMore detailed cutaways: http://i.imgur.com/Oj4kg.png http://i.imgur.com/Oj4kg.png http://i.imgur.com/CckjP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CckjP.jpg from, respectively, Madgi Ragheb, UIUC https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mragheb/www/NPRE%20457%20CSE%20462%20Safety%20Analysis%20of%20Nuclear%20Reactor%20Systems/Containment%20Structures.pdf https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mragheb/www/NPRE%20457%20CSE%20462... NRC http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/teachers/03.pdf http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/teachers/03.pdf