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Fukushima Daiichi underwater fences breached

NHK,

26 September, 2013

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says underwater barriers in the facility's port have been breached. The so-called silt fences are intended to prevent the spread of radioactive materials.

Tokyo Electric Power Company officials said on Thursday they found damage in the curtain-like barriers near the intake canals of the No. 5 and 6 reactors.

The silt fences are to stop contaminated sea-bed soil from near the damaged No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactors polluting water near the still-intact No. 5 and 6 reactors.

TEPCO is investigating the accident's cause. It plans to repair the fences once high waves triggered by an approaching typhoon subside.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority instructed the power company to measure radiation levels in the sea near the No. 5 and 6 reactors.

The underwater barriers were also damaged in April. TEPCO officials attributed the cause to high waves.

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Xinhua, Sept. 26, 2013: The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co., (TEPCO), said Thursday that damage was found on an underwater curtain under the stricken complex, according to local media. [...] Local reports said that a worker found a cut in the fence Thursday morning, adding the TEPCO did not provide more details and is checking the impact of the crack. [...] The TEPCO said it plans to repair the fence after an upcoming typhoon, according to Japan’s Kyodo News. […] Tepco: “We don’t think this situation will have any immediate effect”

Gundersen: Fukushima Daiichi “far from stable” — Water pooling at site could allow units to ’tilt’ during quake 

— Cooling of melted fuel that’s in buildings is going to be jeopardized — We’d be back to 3/11 again — Pray there’s no quake, that’s critical (AUDIO)

Title: Bridging the News Gap, with Professor Matt Noyes

Source: Fairewinds Energy Education

Date: Sept. 26, 2013

At 18:30 in

Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds’ Chief Engineer: The wall that they built along the water is now pooling water behind it, so the seismic characteristics are different. So if there’s a big earthquake, we don’t know how those buildings are going to react. And if they tilt, or worse yet topple, what little cooling is getting in is going to be jeopardized — and I’ve said we could be back to March 11, 2011 again.

The site is far from stable. I don’t care what God you pray to, but pray there’s no earthquake. That’s critical.

22.97 microSv/h, Koriyama city, Sakabuta Park, housing area, Sep. 2013

On 7th of Sept 2013 , I measured radiation around Sakabuta Park, Koriyama city, Fukushima pref. Japan

I monitored 0.47 to 0.65 micro Sv/h at my chest height in air.
 

22.97 on road side sand, on gurter cover on a foot of a slope road.

The monitorinig place is 55 or 60 km from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant.

Housing area of Koriyama city. Koriyama city: popolation approx 330,000.

Measuring instrument ECOTEST MKS-05, Ukraine made and Air counter of ST Corp., Japan.

Kids have been endangered with external & internal radiation exposure risk