Tokyo. .- The electric company that manages the Fukushima nuclear power plant, TEPCO, on Tuesday reported the detection of radioactive iodine level 7.5 million times greater than allowed in seawater near one of the reactors of this facility the most affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 March in northeastern Japan.
As indicated by TEPCO, 300,000 on Saturday were detected iodine-131 becquerels per cubic centimeter of water samples taken near a gap in a concrete pit in reactor No. 2. As for the other reactors, as recorded by the agency Jiji, the level of radioactive iodine was 480,000 times higher than that fixed by the Government on the reactor 1, 380,000 times by the reactor 3, and 350,000 times near the reactor 4.
So, TEPCO has begun this afternoon (local time) work to stop the discharge of water into the sea from the reactor number 2, where the fuel rods have been partially molten. To prevent water seeping from the pit connected to the turbine building of the reactor, the company injected sodium silicate in the gravel below the bottom of the tank, where it is believed that the radioactive water is leaking, Kyodo reported.
60,000 tons acumuladasPor other hand, the Japanese Ministry of Industry has been estimated at about 60,000 tons of radioactive water that has flooded the base of the reactors in Fukushima, and underground trenches connected to these and are currently impeding progress in the works for dismantle the facility.
Nuclear Security Agency and Industry has indicated that 60,000 tons of water, 20,000 tons for each of the three reactors affected by 1, 2 and 3 - will be stored in tanks at the plant, a nuclear waste facility also on the ground, an artificial island floating barges called megafloat and U.S.
Navy and temporary tanks. The complex nuclear waste can accumulate up to 30,000 tons of radioactive water, but will take a while this is possible because TEPCO will seek to ensure that the liquid is filtered using coating materials for installation, as explained by the Agency. As temporary tanks will be sent to the central end of this month.
TEPCO began pouring into the sea water with low levels of radiation on Monday as an emergency measure to allow space for the storage of more polluted water. In total, the company expects to have 11,500 tons of water discharge with low radiation for the weekend. As reported on Tuesday TEPCO, and includes the agency Kyodo, until Monday noon had been dumped into the Pacific some 3,430 tons of this water.
For his part, Minister of Industry, Banri Kaieda, has argued that marine pollution will cause this spill does not pose a health risk, but regretted that it creates alarm among the population, especially fishermen. 
As indicated by TEPCO, 300,000 on Saturday were detected iodine-131 becquerels per cubic centimeter of water samples taken near a gap in a concrete pit in reactor No. 2. As for the other reactors, as recorded by the agency Jiji, the level of radioactive iodine was 480,000 times higher than that fixed by the Government on the reactor 1, 380,000 times by the reactor 3, and 350,000 times near the reactor 4.
So, TEPCO has begun this afternoon (local time) work to stop the discharge of water into the sea from the reactor number 2, where the fuel rods have been partially molten. To prevent water seeping from the pit connected to the turbine building of the reactor, the company injected sodium silicate in the gravel below the bottom of the tank, where it is believed that the radioactive water is leaking, Kyodo reported.
60,000 tons acumuladasPor other hand, the Japanese Ministry of Industry has been estimated at about 60,000 tons of radioactive water that has flooded the base of the reactors in Fukushima, and underground trenches connected to these and are currently impeding progress in the works for dismantle the facility.
Nuclear Security Agency and Industry has indicated that 60,000 tons of water, 20,000 tons for each of the three reactors affected by 1, 2 and 3 - will be stored in tanks at the plant, a nuclear waste facility also on the ground, an artificial island floating barges called megafloat and U.S.
Navy and temporary tanks. The complex nuclear waste can accumulate up to 30,000 tons of radioactive water, but will take a while this is possible because TEPCO will seek to ensure that the liquid is filtered using coating materials for installation, as explained by the Agency. As temporary tanks will be sent to the central end of this month.
TEPCO began pouring into the sea water with low levels of radiation on Monday as an emergency measure to allow space for the storage of more polluted water. In total, the company expects to have 11,500 tons of water discharge with low radiation for the weekend. As reported on Tuesday TEPCO, and includes the agency Kyodo, until Monday noon had been dumped into the Pacific some 3,430 tons of this water.
For his part, Minister of Industry, Banri Kaieda, has argued that marine pollution will cause this spill does not pose a health risk, but regretted that it creates alarm among the population, especially fishermen.
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"radioactive iodine level 7.5 million times greater than allowed in seawater"
ReplyDeleteHow much seawater left between the iodine atoms?
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