2,300,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from seawater, Tepco “Higher than the past highest reading of 2 days before”

Every time Tepco collects seawater sample, they measure the highest Tritium level.

On 7/6/2013, Tepco announced they measured 2,300,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from seawater and admitted it was even higher than the past highest reading that they detected 2 days before.

The sampling date was 7/3/2013. Sampling location was north side of reactor1~4 water intake. Before this sampling, 2,200,000 Bq/m3 was the highest reading from the same location. The sampling date was 7/1/2013.

(cf, Tritium density in seawater spiked triple times higher in 5 days, “2,200,000 Bq/m3″ [URL])

Having measured extremely high level of Tritium from groundwater, Tepco is stating they carefully watch Tritium level in seawater.

The increasing contamination in seawater might suggest Tritium is already flowing into the sea.

Because Tepco excludes Strontium-90 from nuclides to analyze, we cannot know if Strontium-90 is also leaking to the sea.

 

2,300,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from seawater, Tepco "Higher than the past highest reading of 2 days before"

 

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/f1/smp/2013/images/2tb-east_130706-j.pdf

http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/2013/1228756_5117.html

 

 

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2 300 000 Bq/m³ de tritium en mer, Tepco : “C’est au dessus du record d’il y a 2 jours”

 

Chaque fois que Tepco échantillonne de l’eau de mer, ils enregistrent un nouveau record en tritium.

Le 6 juillet 2013, Tepco annonce qu’ils ont relevé 2 300 000 (deux millions trois cent mille) Bq/m³ de tritium dans l’eau de mer et admettent que c’est supérieur à ce qu’ils avaient relevé deux jours plus tôt.
L’échantillon était du 3 juillet 2013. Il avait été pris au nord de la prise d’eau des réacteurs 1 à 4. Jusqu’à cet échantillon, 2 200 000 Bq/m³ était le record de l’endroit. Ça datait du 1er juillet 2013. (cf. La concentration en tritium de l’eau de mer a triplé en 5 jours : 2 200 000 Bq/m³)
Tepco affirme qu’ils surveillent avec attention les niveaux du tritium dans l’eau de mer depuis qu’ils ont relevé d’énormes niveaux de tritium dans les eaux souterraines.
L’augmentation de la contamination de l’eau de mer laisse penser que le tritium s’écoule déjà en mer.
On ne sait pas si du strontium 90 s’écoule en mer car Tepco exclus le strontium 90 de ses analyses des nucléides.

2,300,000 Bq/m3 of Tritium from seawater, Tepco "Higher than the past highest reading of 2 days before"
http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/f1/smp/2013/images/2tb-east_130706-j.pdf
http://www.tepco.co.jp/cc/press/2013/1228756_5117.html

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This website updates the latest news about the Fukushima nuclear plant and also archives the past news from 2011. Because it's always updated and added live, articles, categories and the tags are not necessarily fitted in the latest format.
I am the writer of this website. About page remains in 2014. This is because my memory about 311 was clearer than now, 2023, and I think it can have a historical value. Now I'm living in Romania with 3 cats as an independent data scientist.
Actually, nothing has progressed in the plant since 2011. We still don't even know what is going on inside. They must keep cooling the crippled reactors by water, but additionally groundwater keeps flowing into the reactor buildings from the broken parts. This is why highly contaminated water is always produced more than it can circulate. Tepco is planning to officially discharge this water to the Pacific but Tritium is still remaining in it. They dilute this with seawater so that it is legally safe, but scientifically the same amount of radioactive tritium is contained. They say it is safe to discharge, but none of them have drunk it.

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