Emergencia nuclear en Japón

Crisis nuclear evitada

El 11 de marzo de 2011, un gran terremoto y un tsunami sacudieron Japón, causando graves daños a la central nuclear de Fukushima Daiichi. Los sistemas de refrigeración de varios reactores fallaron, lo que provocó un aumento de las temperaturas y el riesgo de exposición de las barras de combustible. La situación se convirtió en la crisis de emergencia nuclear más grave desde Chernóbil.

Cooling water used to reduce radiation

In response, the Tokyo Fire Department launched a nuclear emergency operation to cool the No. 3 reactor, which contained highly toxic fuel. Firefighters used a high-tech unmanned fire truck to spray seawater from a height of 22 meters onto the reactor’s spent fuel pool, reducing direct radiation exposure to personnel.

Continuous waterflow of 3000 liter per minute

The fire truck was powered by a Hytrans mobile water system, which continuously pumped large volumes of seawater. The system supplied water at a rate of 3000 liters per minute over a seven-hour period, delivering a total of more than 1,260 tons of water. Thanks to the high capacity and flexibility of the Hytrans submersible pump and hose system, critical cooling was achieved, and explosions were prevented during a time when conventional infrastructure had been destroyed.

The Hytrans units were delivered to the Tokyo Fire Department several years earlier and proved to be of vital importance in this nuclear emergency situation.

Sistemas Hytrans desplegados in situ

• 1 unidad HydroSub 150 para bombear agua de refrigeración del mar al reactor y 1 HydroSub 150 utilizada como unidad de reserva.
• Varios kilómetros de mangueras de 6 pulgada