Five people died _ four almost instantly _ when a corroded cooling pipe ruptured, spewing boiling water and superheated steam on workers at the plant.
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As salt clogs cooling pipes and erodes zirconium oxide layer of the fuel rods, switching to the use of freshwater for cooling was a high priority.
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Cross section of a Schmidt Boelter gauge showing the instrument main components : metal body, black sensor, water cooling pipe in and out, mounting flange, and cable.
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In the case of the M-1, the resulting exhaust was relatively cool, and was instead directed into cooling pipes on the lower portion of the engine skirt.
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Government officials have said they failed to discover Kansai Electric's lax safety measures in a 2000 company report that included cooling pipe inspection plans at the Mihama plant.
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The astronauts, David A . Wolf and Piers J . Sellers, hooked up ammonia lines from the recently installed, $ 390 million girder segment to other cooling pipes.
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He said that although Temelin has weak spots, like loosely mounted cooling pipes and flawed water-steam valves, the U . N . agency does not anticipate any difficulties.
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When workers raised concerns about cooling pipes wrapped in duct tape, faulty gauges, torn filters and the mishandling of fuel rods, they were not only ignored, they were punished.
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Kansai Electric acknowledged Tuesday that the cooling pipe that caused the accident had not been thoroughly checked, despite a warning from inspectors last year that it posed a danger.
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Government investigators kept up searches and questioning Thursday at the plant at Mihama, 320 kilometers ( 200 miles ) west of Tokyo, where a cooling pipe exploded on Monday.
