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TEPCO: Radioactive water may seeped into ground
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Tokyo Electric Power Company says a small amount of radioactive water may have seeped out of an underground water storage facility at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The water contained strontium.
The utility spokesperson says that on Friday engineers detected a radioactive substance in the water between the layers of waterproof sheets covering the storage facility. The level of radioactivity is considered by the utility to be low.
The spokesperson says TEPCO officials will investigate what caused the problem. They also plan to transfer the water to another storage facility nearby.
The nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi was caused by the tsunami disaster two years ago.
Since then, hundreds of tons of underground water have been flowing into reactor buildings every day. TEPCO has been struggling to secure space to store the contaminated water.
The utility recently constructed 7 large-scale underground facilities for storing the water after removing some radioactive substances. Each facility can accommodate up to 14,000 tons of water.
TEPCO has recently reported a series of troubles at Fukushima Daiichi. The cooling system for a fuel pool failed on Friday. It resumed operation 3 hours later.
A major power failure occurred at the plant last month, resulting in a blackout that lasted 29 hours.
Apr. 5, 2013
TEPCO: Radioactive water may seeped into ground
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/englis...
Tokyo Electric Power Company says a small amount of radioactive water may have seeped out of an underground water storage facility at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The water contained strontium.
The utility spokesperson says that on Friday engineers detected a radioactive substance in the water between the layers of waterproof sheets covering the storage facility. The level of radioactivity is considered by the utility to be low.
The spokesperson says TEPCO officials will investigate what caused the problem. They also plan to transfer the water to another storage facility nearby.
The nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi was caused by the tsunami disaster two years ago.
Since then, hundreds of tons of underground water have been flowing into reactor buildings every day. TEPCO has been struggling to secure space to store the contaminated water.
The utility recently constructed 7 large-scale underground facilities for storing the water after removing some radioactive substances. Each facility can accommodate up to 14,000 tons of water.
TEPCO has recently reported a series of troubles at Fukushima Daiichi. The cooling system for a fuel pool failed on Friday. It resumed operation 3 hours later.
A major power failure occurred at the plant last month, resulting in a blackout that lasted 29 hours.
Apr. 5, 2013
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