Water leaks at 3 more locations

Water leaks at 3 more locations

Following up this article ..Cold weather destroys water cooling system

On 2/2/2012, Tepco admitted they found 2.5 L of water leaked from 3 other locations of the plant. 2 L from the first floor of the building of reactor 4. 0.5 L from 2 parts of the water purifying facility.
They assume it is from the frozen water in the pipes but they assert the water is not radioactive for some reason. Tepco is going to cover the pipes with lagging material.

Source

4号機建屋などで水漏れ=3カ所、放射能含まず-福島第1
東京電力は2日、福島第1原発4号機の原子炉建屋1階で約2リットル、水処理建屋の2カ所で計約0.5リットルの水漏れが新たに見つかったと発表した。いずれも放射性物質を含まない水で、建屋内部にとどまっている。配管やホースの接続部などの凍結が原因と考えられ、東電は保温材の取り付け作業を進める。(2012/02/02-21:17)

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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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