Contaminated water crisis

1,400,000 Bq/m3 of all β detected from the boring east of reactor3, “Groundwater contamination spreading to south”

High level of all β nuclides, Tritium and Cs-134/137 are measured from groundwater and seawater of Fukushima nuclear plant.

According to Tepco, 1,400,000 Bq/m3 of all β nuclides were also measured from the groundwater in the borings of the east side of reactor3. It includes Strontium-90.

The borings are located in the North East side and South East side of reactor3.

Detection of high level of all β (Sr-90) means the contaminated groundwater is spreading to South of the plant area.

 

↓ The locations of the borings. (Pink circled)

1,400,000 Bq/m3 of all β detected from the boring east of reactor3, "Groundwater contamination spreading to south"

 

2 1,400,000 Bq/m3 of all β detected from the boring east of reactor3, "Groundwater contamination spreading to south"

 

See also

http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/fukushima-np/f1/smp/2013/images/2tb-east_13071201-j.pdf

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/handouts/2013/images/handouts_130619_03-e.pdf

 

 

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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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