Increasing groundwater is “bulging” the coastal area of Fukushima plant after building underground wall

The completed underground wall is increasing the groundwater level to crack the pavement and pushing the wall itself toward the sea, according to Tepco.

On 10/26/2015, Tepco completed the underground wall to stop groundwater flowing to the port.

It surrounds the entire coastal area of the plant for 780m long.

On 11/26/2015, Tepco announced the coastal area of the plant has started bulging because of the increasing groundwater.

From their report, the underground wall is pushed toward the sea, and also the pavement is rising to cause cracks. Rain is flowing into the crack to increase groundwater even more.

Tepco comments they are reinforcing the wall and also covering the cracks by the end of November.

 

2 Increasing groundwater is bulging the coastal area of Fukushima plant after building underground wall Increasing groundwater is bulging the coastal area of Fukushima plant after building underground wall

 

 

http://photo.tepco.co.jp/date/2015/201511-j/151126-01j.html

http://www.tepco.co.jp/decommision/planaction/seasidewall/index-j.html

 

 

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Français :

Après construction du mur souterrain, la montée des eaux souterraines fait “gonfler” le rivage de la centrale de Fukushima

 

Selon Tepco, le mur souterrain terminé fait monter le niveau des eaux souterraines au point de fissurer les trottoirs et de pousser les murs des bâtiments vers la mer.

Tepco a terminé le 26 octobre 2015 le mur souterrain devant empêcher les eaux souterraines de s’écouler dans le port.
Il barre toute la zone du rivage de la centrale, sur 780 m.
Le 26 novembre 2015, Tepco annonce que la zone côtière de la centrale a commencé à gonfler à cause de l’augmentation des eaux souterraines.
Selon leur rapport, le mur souterrain est poussé vers la mer et le trottoir se soulève en se fissurant. La pluie s’infiltre par ces fissures faisant augmenter encore plus la quantité d’eaux souterraines.
Tepco déclare qu’ils sont en train de renforcer le mur et qu’ils devraient avoir colmaté les fissures pour fin novembre.

2 Increasing groundwater is bulging the coastal area of Fukushima plant after building underground wall Increasing groundwater is bulging the coastal area of Fukushima plant after building underground wall

http://photo.tepco.co.jp/date/2015/201511-j/151126-01j.html
http://www.tepco.co.jp/decommision/planaction/seasidewall/index-j.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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