This post showed where the cooling water exhausts are when they work.
Arnie Gundersen noted the seawater cooling pumps were destroyed by the tsunami, (along with water cooling for the generators) so even there was power, there was not seawater to cool the systems properly.
from http://nuclearmadness.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/fukushima-powerplant-seawater-cooling/
Arnie Gundersen noted the seawater cooling pumps were destroyed by the tsunami, (along with water cooling for the generators) so even there was power, there was not seawater to cool the systems properly.
from http://nuclearmadness.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/fukushima-powerplant-seawater-cooling/
Photos are from google maps showing cooling water drained to the sea in normal operation, before the accident.
Fukushima Cooling water exits North and South
Fukushima Cooling water exit North
- Fukushima Cooling water exit South
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