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   From: taka0038@gmail.com   
      
   Fast Breeder Reactor Monju's Coolant Heating System Accidentally   
   Switched Off for 30 Minutes, No Effect on the Environment, Says JAEA   
      
   JAEA again, this time on the fast breeder reactor Monju that this   
   agency "operates" (if it can be called "operating").   
      
   Coolant for Monju, sodium, is supposed to be kept at 200 degrees   
   Celsius.   
      
   So what's the excuse this time?   
      
   Their manual was not well written!   
      
   Do you trust these people to run a nuclear reactor, not to mention   
   fast breeder reactor that uses liquid metal that explodes on contact   
   with water and ignites on contact with air?   
      
   Do you trust these people to export nuclear reactors all over the   
   world, claiming the superior technology and know-hows, including know-   
   hows from "lessons learned from the Fukushima I Nuke Plant accident"?   
      
   Good luck, Czech Republic. Good luck, India, Vietnam, and Turkey.   
      
   From Kyodo News (6/8/2013):   
      
   Monju's heater stopped, sodium wasn't kept warm enough temporarily   
      
   Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) announced on June 7 that at Fast   
   Breeder Reactor Monju (Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture) the heater to   
   keep the secondary coolant, sodium, warm was switched off accidentally   
   for about 30 minutes during the inspection of electric systems on June   
   2. The cause is attributed to human error due to poor instructions in   
   the manual.   
      
   In certain part of the pipe, the temperature dropped 40 degrees   
   Celsius from the normal 200 degrees Celsius, but there was no effect   
   on the environment or the reactor, according to JAEA. Melting point of   
   sodium is about 98 degrees Celsius.   
      
   JAEA reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Fukui Prefecture and   
   Tsuruga City on June 3. The reason for the delay in reporting was,   
   according to JAEA, because "it was the very minor incident that didn't   
   require reporting, according to our internal [i.e. unofficial] rules".   
      
   So they blame the manual for the incident, but abide by the other,   
   unofficial manual and decide they don't need to report it.   
      
   If they didn't notice the heater was off for another hour, they would   
   have been in a big trouble (assuming the temperature drop is linear).   
      
   The footage of 1995 sodium leak accident is still there on the net,   
   despite TV Asahi's copyright claim.   
      
   The Nuclear Regulatory Authority has already ordered JAEA to stop all   
   the work for preparation for the restart, as 10,000 parts and   
   equipments weren't maintained according to the schedule.   
      
   Again, good luck Czech Republic, India, Vietnam, Turkey. And many   
   others, no doubt, now that Japan's Prime Minister Abe and President   
   Francois Hollande of France have formed a formidable team to sell   
   nuclear plants all over the world...   
      
   SOURCE: http://ex-skf.blogspot.jp/2013/06/fast-breeder-reactor-m   
   njus-coolant.html   
      
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   The worst of worst technologies on this planet - the breeder's coolant   
   must be heated up to be able to cool.  Anyone saw what sodium does   
   when exposed to water or air?  Now these cretins keep hot plutonium   
   rods in it by the tons!  Let the Japs handle this and you got perfect   
   prescription for disaster of unimaginable dimensions ...   
      
   Taka   
      
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