Highly radioactive water was found at 4 more locations

Tepco found highly contaminated water stocked at additional 4 locations in the trench facilities.

1.

In the pit of water circulating pomp at reactor.

500 m3

Cs-134 : 7.1*10^3 Bq/cm3

Cs-137 : 9.1*10^3 Bq/cm3

 

2.

In the pit of water circulating pomp at reactor3

600 m3

Cs-134 : 3.8*10^2 Bq/cm3

Cs-137 : 4.8*10^2 Bq/cm3

 

3.

In the pit of water circulating pomp at reactor4

Unknown m3

Cs-134 : 9.1*10^0 Bq/cm3

Cs-137 : 1.2*10^1 Bq/cm3

 

4.

The duct of Central radioactive disposal stock facility

Unknown m3

Cs-134 : 7.3*10^-1 Bq/cm3

Cs-137 : 9.4*10^-1 Bq/cm3

 

About 1 and 3, the reason was not announced.

About 2, Tepco assumes it may be from other leaking place of highly radioactive water.

About 4, Tepco assumes it’s from water underground or rain water leaking in.

They are planning to carry the water away.

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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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