FUKUSHIMA CONTROL ROOM SHOWN TO MEDIA<\/h1>\nFEBRUARY 26, 2014<\/abbr><\/div>\n
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<\/a>via\u00a0NHK World<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\/ February 26, 2014 \/ The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has opened the central control room for the facility\u2019s No.1 and 2 reactors to media for the first time since the 2011 accident.<\/p>\nTokyo Electric Power Company organized the visit on Wednesday ahead of the 3rd anniversary of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that cut off power and crippled the plant.<\/p>\n
The room between the reactors is where workers struggled to contain the crisis 3 years ago amid rising radiation levels and the impact of a hydrogen explosion at the No. 1 reactor building.<\/p>\n
Radiation in the room just after the accident measured one millisievert per hour. The level has fallen to less than one-150th of that figure, but those entering the room are still required to wear full-face masks and other protective gear.<\/p>\n
The room has been cleared of debris including ceiling panels and emergency batteries. Scribbled numbers next to a water gauge suggest how workers tried to monitor the reactor\u2019s cooling water using flashlights.<\/p>\n
Media representatives were also allowed to enter the No. 5 reactor building, which escaped damage, and visit a site for building new types of tainted water storage tanks.<\/p>\n
Plant chief Akira Ono said he had wanted to show them the central control room sooner, but could not due to high radiation levels.<\/p>\n
Ono also apologized to Fukushima Prefecture residents and others for a recent leak of highly contaminated water from a tank. He pledged efforts to recover the water, find the cause of the leak and take steps to prevent a recurrence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Tokyo Electric Power Company organized the visit on Wednesday ahead of the 3rd anniversary of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that cut off power and crippled the plant.<\/p>\n The room between the reactors is where workers struggled to contain the crisis 3 years ago amid rising radiation levels and the impact of a hydrogen explosion at the No. 1 reactor building.<\/p>\n Radiation in the room just after the accident measured one millisievert per hour. The level has fallen to less than one-150th of that figure, but those entering the room are still required to wear full-face masks and other protective gear.<\/p>\n The room has been cleared of debris including ceiling panels and emergency batteries. Scribbled numbers next to a water gauge suggest how workers tried to monitor the reactor\u2019s cooling water using flashlights.<\/p>\n Media representatives were also allowed to enter the No. 5 reactor building, which escaped damage, and visit a site for building new types of tainted water storage tanks.<\/p>\n Plant chief Akira Ono said he had wanted to show them the central control room sooner, but could not due to high radiation levels.<\/p>\n Ono also apologized to Fukushima Prefecture residents and others for a recent leak of highly contaminated water from a tank. He pledged efforts to recover the water, find the cause of the leak and take steps to prevent a recurrence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/fukushimaupdate.com\/fukushima-control-room-shown-to-media\/ FUKUSHIMA UPDATE nuclear news from japan FUKUSHIMA CONTROL ROOM SHOWN TO MEDIA FEBRUARY 26, 2014 Translator via\u00a0NHK World\u00a0\/ February 26, 2014 \/ The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has opened the central control room for the facility\u2019s No.1 and 2 reactors to media for the first time since the 2011 accident. Tokyo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.propectin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>via\u00a0NHK World<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\/ February 26, 2014 \/ The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has opened the central control room for the facility\u2019s No.1 and 2 reactors to media for the first time since the 2011 accident.<\/p>\n