Radioactive water continues to leak (into the ocean)

[FBaggins]

Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says there has been no change in the amount of radioactive water seeping from the Fukushima nuclear plant after a polymer absorbent was injected into a cracked pit. Tokyo Electric Power Company found on Saturday that contaminated water was leaking into the ocean from the 20-centimeter crack in the concrete pit.

On Sunday, the utility firm used a polymer absorbent to try to stop the leak of radioactive water. The government's nuclear agency said the injection of the chemical began shortly after 1:40 PM, but it cannot confirm if there has been a decline in the amount of contaminated water leaking into the ocean.

The agency added that sawdust and newspapers were also used, but the absorbent did not reach the pipe. Engineers are now trying to mix the substance with the water.



http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/03_22.html

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

1. how do you explain the Tellurium129 detected in Reactor 1?

just another sign of fission to be ignored?

[FBaggins]

2. Nope... just poor lab work.

Once again... how on earth could you have active fission and have the only signs be the occasional odd issotope being found?

Why are radiation levels on site so low if there's active fission in these cores? They evacuated hundreds of workers when there were steam releases from reactors that had been shut down for days... but now there are over 1,000 people just working away with far more radiation being released?

Why does this make sense to you?

This time there's Tellurium129 detected but not the fission products that were discovered the last couple times?

This is a mighty odd form of fission that you've discovered.