Adam, the drop in internal pressure was not due to venting. The CV went from 3 Atmospheric pressure down to one without the release of steam. Also they are saying while pumping seawater into the vessel the water levels have not risen.
They are saying they are not sure if there is a leak and if there is where it is going…
But drop in pressure and the water level not rising = A leak… if the water was just evaporating the pressure should be climbing but its not, its dropping.
They need to tell everyone the truth, I think its MUCH more worse then they are telling people.
They need to tell everyone whats going on, and the plant is pretty much a complete loss at this point, they need to do whatever they need to to contain and completely block off those CV’s.
1 going is bad enough, if all 3 of those fuckers go… We mine as well right off all of nothern japan
Edit: Adam while im not as knowledgeable as you are on it, I do know what you mean and I do know that a meltdown does not mean japans fucked, but theres only so much those CV’s will take.
Maybe you can chime in, I understand that those CV’s are there to take the beating they have been in the event of a meltdown, but are they going to be able to withstand the ammount of heat/pressure they have been getting over a long period of time? it’s going to be quite a while before any sort of convential cooling/pressure release method is going to be able to be fixed/put back in place IF at all