• DocumentCode
    108125
  • Title

    Fukushima´s next 40 years

  • Author

    Strickland, Eliza

  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Mar-14
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    53
  • Abstract
    Aradiation-proof superhero could make sense of Japan´s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in an afternoon. Our champion would pick through the rubble to reactor 1, slosh through the pooled water inside the building, lift the massive steel dome of the protective containment vessel, and peek into the pressure vessel that holds the nuclear fuel. A dive to the bottom would reveal the debris of the meltdown: a hardened blob of metals with fat strands of radioactive goop dripping through holes in the pressure vessel to the floor of the containment vessel below. Then, with a clear understanding of the situation, the superhero could figure out how to clean up this mess.
  • Keywords
    fission reactor accidents; fission reactor containment; fission reactor decommissioning; nuclear power stations; pressure vessels; Japan Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant; aradiation-proof; containment vessel floor; fat radioactive goop dipping strand; hardened metal blobs; massive steel dome; meltdown debris; nuclear fuel; pooled water; pressure vessel holes; protective containment vessel; reactor 1; Contingency management; Disasters; Environmental management; Japan; Nucelar power generation; Radiation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2014.6745884
  • Filename
    6745884