Posted on 06/03/2011 6:48:56 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
TEPCO says contaminated water may overflow
Tokyo Electric Power Company says that, in a worst case scenario, highly radioactive water may overflow from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as early as June 20th.
The company is set to start operating filters for highly radioactive water from June 15th. However, it warns that if the filtering does not go to plan, highly radioactive water may overflow from a tunnel at the Number 2 reactor.
TEPCO says that by May 31st, 105,100 tons of waste water had accumulated. It contains an estimated 720,000 terabecquerels of radioactive substances. Tera stands for one trillion.
The utility plans to treat 1,200 tons of water per day at a storage facility and transfer the filtered water to temporary tanks. It says it has already set up tanks for 13,000 tons of filtered water and will increase storage capacity by 20,000 tons per month.
TEPCO officials say that in the event the filters don't work properly, the utility will complete an additional underground tank for highly contaminated water by mid-August.
The basements of the reactor buildings and turbine buildings are full of highly radioactive water. The amount is increasing by 500 tons a day due to ongoing injections of fresh water to cool the damaged reactors and fuel rods.
Friday, June 03, 2011 20:15 +0900 (JST)
should read:
barring a miracle, highly radioactive water may overflow
P!
It never was an if but a when situation.
Agreed, once again TEPCO is slow to release information.
Isn’t reactor 2 the one with the plutonium? I can’t be the only person who worries about this massive information coverup regarding these radiation leaks. I’m not a sky-is-falling person, but I’m appalled at the lack of information coming from TEPCO and the Japanese government. I mean, for God’s sake—everytime they interview a surviving parent they still haven’t even told their own kids that the other parent has died? How can you conduct any type of meaningful cleanup when you can’t even address the problem head on?
Who know what else is going on, which we have not been told about?
so, given TEPCO’s level of honesty, it should read “radioactive water is leaking everywhere and you’re all gonna die!”
i bet this means the water has ALREADY overflowed.
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