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Colour photo of more fuel slag. TCM is a russian acronym meaning "Fuel Containing Mass (FCM)" in english.

Date: 28/07/04
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bsimic@fesb.hr

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Actually, during the normal operation, this space should be filled with water, and these pipes (parosbrosnye = steam take-off) should be submerged. The pipes eject the excess steam from the reactor and water quickly cools down and condensates the steam....

Actually, during the normal operation, this space should be filled with water, and these pipes (parosbrosnye = steam take-off) should be submerged. The pipes eject the excess steam from the reactor and water quickly cools down and condensates the steam. This water is circulated and cooled down through the separated circuits that consist of dedicated pumps and heat exchangers. In case of any gas leakage other than steam, the gas is contained, filtered and released through the "famous" chimney.

Posted by Guest on Fri 01 Jan 2010 17:34:35 PST

zl2thc@clear.net.nz

When I saw this picture I instinctively drew back from the monitor.

Posted by Guest on Wed 28 Jan 2009 01:53:38 PST

bsimic@fesb.hr

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Russians have said that they've sent humans to inspect the interior of the no. 4 reactor building years after the accident and they have taken these photos. Since the lava has cooled down, the radiation levels (in some rooms only) are low enough to...

Russians have said that they've sent humans to inspect the interior of the no. 4 reactor building years after the accident and they have taken these photos. Since the lava has cooled down, the radiation levels (in some rooms only) are low enough to allow very short tours to people wearing protective suits. I have read that long time ago and there is no way that I can recall the reference on that. Sorry. Some rooms were inspected by drilling holes through walls, some are still uninspected.

Posted by Guest on Sun 27 Jan 2008 16:34:03 PST

wildespace

Looks like a pile of elephant poo. It was probably the same elephant, foot of which you can see in prevous pictures (tee-hee). Seriously though, just looking at this makes me think of a Geiger counter going into overload. Creepy stuff.

Posted by Guest on Sun 16 Sep 2007 13:09:57 PDT

http://npj.ru/arioch

title of picture is "slag-like FCM in room 012/7"
"TCM" really stands for FCM.
If need full russian words (what for?) - "òîïëèâîñîäåðæàùèå ìàòåðèàëû"

Posted by Guest on Fri 27 Apr 2007 08:06:02 PDT

clash_city_rocker90@hotmail.com

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this gives me chills. I drove past the plant in Arkansas once, and it was scary, I was thinking, please don't blow up, please don't blow up.

It would have had to be a robot to take this picture, unless the person who took it died, and a...

this gives me chills. I drove past the plant in Arkansas once, and it was scary, I was thinking, please don't blow up, please don't blow up.

It would have had to be a robot to take this picture, unless the person who took it died, and a robot came and collected the camera from the body.

Posted by Guest on Sat 03 Feb 2007 11:07:47 PST

ColumbineGirl

I don't know.. camera flash maybe?

Posted by Guest on Sun 26 Nov 2006 14:08:49 PST

Bob

Is it just my eyes or is the centre of that mass glowing?

Posted by Guest on Thu 19 Oct 2006 06:04:01 PDT

Alan

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captainkirk359@hotmail.com,

I don't think a person would die a slow and painful death. Something giving off 10,000-20,000 Roentgens of radiation would fry a person in a matter of minutes. Additionally, since our nerve ending are not...

captainkirk359@hotmail.com,

I don't think a person would die a slow and painful death. Something giving off 10,000-20,000 Roentgens of radiation would fry a person in a matter of minutes. Additionally, since our nerve ending are not designed to pick up radiation, the death might not be painful either.

The reason why radiation sickness is painful is because the body is slowly destroyed by the radiation. In this case, by the time the body began to break down, the person would be dead already. No?

Posted by Guest on Wed 31 May 2006 04:02:32 PDT

duralinux@gmail.com

Just looking at that makes you want to run away from it.

Posted by Guest on Thu 27 Apr 2006 10:37:52 PDT

SlippyFoot

That would be a picture taken via robot. No human could survive exposure.

Posted by Guest on Fri 14 Apr 2006 21:19:46 PDT

captainkirk359@hotmail.com

How the hell do you get that close to the FCM without dying a slow and painful death?

Posted by Guest on Mon 10 Apr 2006 12:26:33 PDT

Draoi

what exactly is the origial russian for "TCM"?

Posted by Guest on Wed 01 Feb 2006 16:39:21 PST

m

Visible light only, you say? Just try to expose film on x-rays or gamma-rays and look at the result.

Posted by Guest on Sun 28 Aug 2005 09:06:58 PDT

Joe

Photographic equipment is designed to capture visible light. Gamma ray would just penetrate the equipment,

Posted by Guest on Fri 27 May 2005 02:49:45 PDT

person

probly just reflective, on its way down it melted anything in its path and it got added to the gloob.

Posted by Guest on Mon 02 May 2005 19:39:47 PDT

dratomic@indiatimes.com

Is the indicated yellow area reflective or still "hot"?

Posted by Guest on Fri 29 Apr 2005 02:11:01 PDT

person

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and at the time there was gamma radiation all over the place, it would have not just made a line, but would have been all over the place. and if gamma radiation does that to photos then all photos would have black lines in them. (you are constantly...

and at the time there was gamma radiation all over the place, it would have not just made a line, but would have been all over the place. and if gamma radiation does that to photos then all photos would have black lines in them. (you are constantly being exposed to backround radiation. it is from the ground and is natural, from the uranium that is found in the ground, and from space.)

Posted by Guest on Sun 17 Apr 2005 18:01:03 PDT

Kerry

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Actually I cropped this photo from a larger diagram. That line you see was showing where this mass was located in the floors beneath the reactor (unfortunately the location diagram was poor and could just as well not have been there, which is why I...

Actually I cropped this photo from a larger diagram. That line you see was showing where this mass was located in the floors beneath the reactor (unfortunately the location diagram was poor and could just as well not have been there, which is why I cropped it).

Posted by Guest on Tue 29 Mar 2005 15:10:27 PST

Pointy Tail of Radiation

That line is probably the result of a gamma ray strike on the CCD.

Posted by Guest on Tue 29 Mar 2005 14:16:48 PST

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