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6,700,000,000 Bq/m3 of all beta detected from the leaking water of multiple nuclide removing system

On 6/16/2013, Fukushima Diary reported the multiple nuclide removing system possibly leaked contaminated water.

(cf, Multiple nuclide removing system ALPS possibly leaks in the test operation [URL])

On 6/17/2013, Tepco announced the nuclide analysis data of the possibly leaking water from ALPS.

The reading are below,

All β : 6,700,000,000 Bq/m3

Cs-137 : 3,900,000 Bq/m3

Cs-134 : 1,900,000 Bq/m3

 

Their press release is below,

The nuclide analysis results of the dew condensation water (370ml) which was received at a bucket placed under the tank for approx. 16 hours from yesterday (June 16) are as follows.

[Nuclide analysis results of water received at the bucket]
– Cs-134: 1.9×100 [Bq/cm3]
– Cs-137: 3.9×100 [Bq/cm3]
– All β: 6.7×103 [Bq/cm3]

Stop operation of multi-nuclide removal equipment A system has started at 6:17 PM yesterday (June 16) and the equipment has suspended at 11:20 PM on June 16.

 

If they cannot operate ALPS, they will be unable to discharge the increasing contaminated water to the sea, where they are in shortage of the contaminated water storage.

↓ The possible leaking weld line on ALPS

6,700,000,000 Bq/m3 of all beta detected from the leaking water of multiple nuclide removing system

 

 

↓ The possible leaking weld line on ALPS (Enlarged)

2 6,700,000,000 Bq/m3 of all beta detected from the leaking water of multiple nuclide removing system

 

↓ A part of the possible leaking water

3 6,700,000,000 Bq/m3 of all beta detected from the leaking water of multiple nuclide removing system

 

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2013/1228333_5130.html

http://photo.tepco.co.jp/date/2013/201306-j/130617-01j.html

 

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See also

6 700 000 000 Bq/m³ de beta-nucléides relevés dans l’eau de la fuite du système de filtrage multi-nucléides

 

Le 16 juin 2013, le Fukushima Diary publiait que le système de filtrage multi-nucléides avait probablement fuit.
(cf. Le système de filtrage multi-nucléide ALPS a sans doute fuit pendant les opérations de test)

Le 17 juin 2013, Tepco donne l’analyse des nucléides de l’eau ayant probablement fuit du ALPS.

Les résultats sont :
Tous β : 6 700 000 000 Bq/m³
Cs 137 : 3 900 000 Bq/m³
Cs 134 : 1 900 000 Bq/m³

Leur communiqué :

Le résultat de l’analyse des nucléides de l’eau de condensation en rosée (370 ml) récupérée dans la cuvette placée sous la citerne pendant approx. 16 heures hier (16 juin) sont :
[Résultats de l’analyse des nucléides de l’eau récupérée dans la cuvette]
– Cs 134 : 190 Bq/cm³
– Cs 137 : 390 Bq/cm³
– Tous β : 6 700 Bq/cm³

L’arrêt du système A de l’appareillage de filtration multi-nucléides avait commencé hier (16 juin) à 18:17 et l’appareil s’est arrêté le 16 juin à 23:20.

S’ils ne peuvent faire marcher ALPS, ils ne pourront pas déverser en mer les eaux extrêmement radioactives en augmentation continue alors qu’ils sont en pénurie d’espace de stockage pour elles.

↓ La ligne de soudure sur ALPS probablement à l’origine de la fuite
6,700,000,000 Bq/m3 of all beta detected from the leaking water of multiple nuclide removing system

↓ La ligne de soudure sur ALPS probablement à l’origine de la fuite (agrandissement)
2 6,700,000,000 Bq/m3 of all beta detected from the leaking water of multiple nuclide removing system

↓ Une partie de l’eau probablement issue de la fuite
3 6,700,000,000 Bq/m3 of all beta detected from the leaking water of multiple nuclide removing system

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/2013/1228333_5130.html
http://photo.tepco.co.jp/date/2013/201306-j/130617-01j.html

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Mochizuki
Mochizuki
The writer of Fukushima Diary.
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2 Comments

  1. I am taking a Coursera course (https://class.coursera.org) offered by Larry Foulke and the University of Pittsburg. The teacher helpers are people like Cory Stansbury, someone with four years working at Westinghouse, and who has submitted patents ($¥£) based on the Fukishima cooling pond problems……They badger me in the discussion, and refuse to concede anything to wind or solar industry. They scream “anecdotal” evidence when I mention the evidence for alternatives. I am suggesting you sign up for this free course, and help some students to understand nuclear science from a non-biased perspective. They want to send all the waste into space, and short of that, burn it up in a new model reactor. They claim nuclear energy is safe and has never caused any deaths. The course is free to sign on, and there are no penalties for discontinuance. (https://class.coursera.org/nuclearscience). It last till August 4th. Thanks for helping to maintain the balance. A generation is lost to the corporate lies. The school (Cory Stansbury, assistant to Larry Foulke) slammed me for mentioning a 8B$ loan guarantee by the DOE. They even said, after acknowledging my factoid, that the company (Southern Company, owned by Georgia Power and Light) that they never got a penny of the loan guarantee, confusing me more. Nevertheless, they did get recently, 3.7B of that loan…and whether it’s just a guarantee or actual money, they got the benefits, and announced it on their own web page….difficult to find..but I did! In short, the school has allowed this one sided course and it is worthwhile, but lopsided. Anyone want to sign up. It’s free! More facts on Georgia Power and Light can be found on their site, if you can sift through the fluffy non sense. Cheers and high regards for hard work. I am saving the picture of the weld leak. LOL Thanks a thousand times!

  2. This letter from the course director indicates the fear the course providers are holding on to;

    Dear Students in the Coursera Nuclear Class,

    Welcome to Week 2 of the “A Look at Nuclear Science and Technology class.” Those of us on the Coursera support team from the University of Pittsburgh have been delighted to see your active participation in the course. You have surpassed our expectations, and we couldn’t be more excited about how the course is unfolding.

    Active participation does have a potential downside, however, especially when you are dealing with a controversial subject matter. We are seeing that as well. We know that there are folks in the class who are anti-nuclear, and we welcome them. We expected that some students would disseminate anti-nuclear posts in the discussion threads, and indeed they have.

    This is an open forum, and all points of view are welcome here. The nature of learning is to hear all points of view. Many of the students who are posting have chosen to remain anonymous, and that is their right under the Coursera guidelines. While it is true that anonymity sometimes provides a cover for propaganda, we allow that too.

    Having said that, there are rules. We will not allow posts that attack or even negatively reference another student or staff members as an individual. If you refer to another student or staff member in a negative fashion, we will delete your post. (Keep in mind that we cannot delete partial posts; it’s all or nothing in the Coursera platform.) There have also been a few cases in which the post is not about nuclear technology at all, but a platform for views on an unrelated topic; we will delete those as well.

    As you read posts, be a detective. Ask where the post came from, ask for citations, find out the source. This is your own best protection against “junk science” (the term we use for unsubstantiated but scientific-sounding information) and political rhetoric. We will not censor this if it is posted respectfully; it is up to you to use your own best judgment.

    As always, please send your comments and questions to courseranuclear@engr.pitt.edu.

    Jan Littrell
    Director of Distance Learning
    Swanson School of Engineering

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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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