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No solution to tainted water at Fukushima plant
Nearly 2 years have passed since a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
But since then, no drastic solution has yet been found to manage the plant's growing amounts of contaminated water.
Each day about 400 tons of underground water has been flowing into reactor buildings since a nuclear accident triggered by the disaster on March 11th, 2011. The water becomes contaminated with radioactive materials.
The tainted water needs to be safely managed after being rid of radioactive substances.
But the volume of the water is continuing to rise, increasing radiation levels at the plant. If it leaks outside, it could contaminate the environment.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, initially aimed to start operating a new water treatment facility last September.
It's designed to remove 62 kinds of radioactive elements from the contaminated water, including radioactive strontium, which could not have been removed before.
The facility has been already completed, but TEPCO is significantly delaying the start of its operation.
That's because containers to store radioactive waste from the facility were found to be of insufficient strength. The government is requiring Tokyo Electric to conduct additional tests and to strengthen the containers.
TEPCO says it wants the facility to begin operating as early as possible this year. But no clear date has yet been set.
The company plans to pump underground water to prevent it from flowing into reactor buildings. It will also install steel walls underground to block contaminated water from leaking into the sea.
TEPCO is also facing a series of problems with a currently operating treatment facility.
Glitches have frequently forced the utility to halt the facility. TEPCO also discovered contaminated water leaking from the facility.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/2...
New Prime Minister considers Building MORE NUCLEAR FACILITIES!!! WTF!
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/2...
Abe had earlier hinted that he was open to reversing the previous government's stance on nuclear energy and may allow construction of new nuclear plants.
He said on Friday that his government will naturally make decisions in line with its policy of reducing Japan's dependence on nuclear energy. Abe said the government will monitor the risks Japan could face in securing global supplies of fossil fuels. He said it will also verify the Fukushima nuclear accident and check progress in nuclear safety technology. He said deciding whether new nuclear plants can be built will take a certain amount of time.
TEPCO setting up a Reconstruction Office in Fukushima. *sigh* I wonder where the Chernobyl Reconstruction office is!!! These fuckers don't give shit!!!
Bluefin tuna sold for record $1.8 mil. in Tokyo
Tuna caught just North of Fukushima Daiichi in Aomori Prefecture.
ARe you Kidding ME? nearly 2 million US Dollars for a RADIOACTIVE FISH? ShHHHHHHhHHHH..... DO NOT MENTION RADIOACTIVE FISH...... OMG....
It's destine to become a raw suSHHHHHiiiii food. (not kidding you)
Cancer killer T-cells found. They are going to NEED that! (enough said about THAT).
Latest Headlines:enenews.com
Mayor: "Particles were falling on us from the sky... radioactive dust" after Fukushima Unit 1 exploded — I'm not sure if this is related but I have a cyst in my thyroid (VIDEO)
Mayor: I visited Fukushima last year and Unit 4 could collapse at any time — A certainty if another big quake strikes (VIDEO)
Asahi: River turned brown after dumping radioactive waste into water — "I was following an order, I am sorry for polluting"
Fukushima Workers: We were told to only clean areas around radioactivity measurement sites — Radiation levels rise after 'decontamination'
Newspaper: Workers dumping radioactive waste from Fukushima into rivers (PHOTOS)
New law to force stores to sell produce from Fukushima?
Study: Radioactive cesium in 25 of 26 food samples from Fukushima prefecture
Gov't Map: Fukushima fallout transported directly to U.S. — Canada, Mexico avoided much of contamination after 3/11 (VIDEO)
Analysis of how far corium penetrated underneath Fukushima reactor (IMAGES)
Wired: Workers find nuclear fuel when digging around Chernobyl — "During the initial clean-up, radioactive material had simply been buried"
Fukushima 50 Worker: It was like a death mission — We were ordered to go back into the plant without any explanation (VIDEO)
Japan sees its largest population drop ever recorded (VIDEO)
NYTimes Op-Ed: International community can't ignore nuclear reactor on fault line — Hundreds of thousands of lives depend on its safety
Report: Turkey begins testing all food from Japan for radiation — Imports suspected to be contaminated
No solution to tainted water at Fukushima plant
Nearly 2 years have passed since a massive earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
But since then, no drastic solution has yet been found to manage the plant's growing amounts of contaminated water.
Each day about 400 tons of underground water has been flowing into reactor buildings since a nuclear accident triggered by the disaster on March 11th, 2011. The water becomes contaminated with radioactive materials.
The tainted water needs to be safely managed after being rid of radioactive substances.
But the volume of the water is continuing to rise, increasing radiation levels at the plant. If it leaks outside, it could contaminate the environment.
The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, initially aimed to start operating a new water treatment facility last September.
It's designed to remove 62 kinds of radioactive elements from the contaminated water, including radioactive strontium, which could not have been removed before.
The facility has been already completed, but TEPCO is significantly delaying the start of its operation.
That's because containers to store radioactive waste from the facility were found to be of insufficient strength. The government is requiring Tokyo Electric to conduct additional tests and to strengthen the containers.
TEPCO says it wants the facility to begin operating as early as possible this year. But no clear date has yet been set.
The company plans to pump underground water to prevent it from flowing into reactor buildings. It will also install steel walls underground to block contaminated water from leaking into the sea.
TEPCO is also facing a series of problems with a currently operating treatment facility.
Glitches have frequently forced the utility to halt the facility. TEPCO also discovered contaminated water leaking from the facility.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/2...
New Prime Minister considers Building MORE NUCLEAR FACILITIES!!! WTF!
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/2...
Abe had earlier hinted that he was open to reversing the previous government's stance on nuclear energy and may allow construction of new nuclear plants.
He said on Friday that his government will naturally make decisions in line with its policy of reducing Japan's dependence on nuclear energy. Abe said the government will monitor the risks Japan could face in securing global supplies of fossil fuels. He said it will also verify the Fukushima nuclear accident and check progress in nuclear safety technology. He said deciding whether new nuclear plants can be built will take a certain amount of time.
TEPCO setting up a Reconstruction Office in Fukushima. *sigh* I wonder where the Chernobyl Reconstruction office is!!! These fuckers don't give shit!!!
Bluefin tuna sold for record $1.8 mil. in Tokyo
Tuna caught just North of Fukushima Daiichi in Aomori Prefecture.
ARe you Kidding ME? nearly 2 million US Dollars for a RADIOACTIVE FISH? ShHHHHHHhHHHH..... DO NOT MENTION RADIOACTIVE FISH...... OMG....
It's destine to become a raw suSHHHHHiiiii food. (not kidding you)
Cancer killer T-cells found. They are going to NEED that! (enough said about THAT).
Latest Headlines:enenews.com
Mayor: "Particles were falling on us from the sky... radioactive dust" after Fukushima Unit 1 exploded — I'm not sure if this is related but I have a cyst in my thyroid (VIDEO)
Mayor: I visited Fukushima last year and Unit 4 could collapse at any time — A certainty if another big quake strikes (VIDEO)
Asahi: River turned brown after dumping radioactive waste into water — "I was following an order, I am sorry for polluting"
Fukushima Workers: We were told to only clean areas around radioactivity measurement sites — Radiation levels rise after 'decontamination'
Newspaper: Workers dumping radioactive waste from Fukushima into rivers (PHOTOS)
New law to force stores to sell produce from Fukushima?
Study: Radioactive cesium in 25 of 26 food samples from Fukushima prefecture
Gov't Map: Fukushima fallout transported directly to U.S. — Canada, Mexico avoided much of contamination after 3/11 (VIDEO)
Analysis of how far corium penetrated underneath Fukushima reactor (IMAGES)
Wired: Workers find nuclear fuel when digging around Chernobyl — "During the initial clean-up, radioactive material had simply been buried"
Fukushima 50 Worker: It was like a death mission — We were ordered to go back into the plant without any explanation (VIDEO)
Japan sees its largest population drop ever recorded (VIDEO)
NYTimes Op-Ed: International community can't ignore nuclear reactor on fault line — Hundreds of thousands of lives depend on its safety
Report: Turkey begins testing all food from Japan for radiation — Imports suspected to be contaminated
