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Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Video of Inside the Reactor 1, 10/18/2011

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Uploaded by on Oct 21, 2011

Human workers (as opposed to robots) were sent to survey the upper floors of Reactor 1 at Fuku-I on October 18. The workers spent most of their time on the 4th floor, checking the integrity of the pipes for Isolation Condenser system. You do get to see the 3rd and 2nd floors toward the end of the video. Robot workers (like Quince and Pacbots) wouldn't be able to navigate through the debris on the 4th floor.

The radiation level was high on all floors, as they were calling out the numbers at various locations. Warm, orange glow coming from outside through the collapsed ceiling. One worker said "The ceiling looks more collapsed than before."

For more Fukushima I Nuke Plant accident and radiation contamination in Japan, visit my blogs:
ex-skf.blogspot.com (English)
ex-skf-jp.blogspot.com (Japanese)

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  • The "Fukushima 50" is more than 50. They're doing good job.

    But TEPCO management is really suck. Shame.

  • @TomatoHeadDendrobium The workers (TEPCO employees) got maximum 9.44 millisieverts external radiation for their effort.

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  • @BurningMice As said before, white spots are strong gamma radiation hitting the CCD sensor of the camera. In same way that stuff is hitting those poor men's cells and their DNA. I would never go to place like that, but in same time I respect them for risking their lives.Someone has to do this.

  • these men are hero's ...looks and sounds like Hell on earth...omg and somebody is seriously hurt in there, you can hear them in the background ...starts at around 02.00 ....watch this vid but with translation 189 mili !!! at one point ..-Qs3jXPXeg0

  • @KillerJoeFIN With Chernobyl the white you see is actually radiation eating away at the film used by the camera.

  • @KillerJoeFIN Nope, nuclear engineer says that is definitely radioactive particles entering the camera

  • at 13.00 i think they say 159msv maybe I'm wrong but...are they ok?

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