Official wept at prime minister’s office: “I’m sorry, we’ve tried… but we are in a situation beyond our control” at Fukushima — Hours Later: “People’s blood ran cold”… “Huge hole” may have opened up in No. 2 Reactor
ENENews.com
August 25th, 2014
Kyodo News, Aug 25, 2014:
An official of [TEPCO] wept at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo as the utility felt it had exhausted all options to prevent the worst from happening
“I’m sorry. We’ve tried many things, but we are in a situation beyond our control,” [said a TEPCO official]
Explosions at the Nos. 1 and 3 reactor buildings [had occurred and they were] facing fears of a reactor containment rupture
7:30 p.m. on March 14, TEPCO’s Managing Director [said] “things could get crazy”
A dull sound reached the emergency response office at about 6:14 a.m.
People’s blood ran cold as they heard from reactor operators that the pressure inside the No. 2 reactor’s suppression chamber… dropped to zero
“The suppression chamber might have got a huge hole. A hell of a lot of radioactive substances could come out,” [said a lead TEPCO worker]
[Fukushima Daiichi plant chief] Yoshida instantly decided it was time for evacuation.
In the hours and minutes before pressure dropped to zero at Unit 2, officials were frequently discussing plans to evacuate the plant, according to Kyodo’s report:
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