Fukushima nuclear plant likely leaking contaminated water into ocean
The nuclear power plant at Fukushima has been leaking contaminated water into the ocean for the two years since the accident that saw three of the plants six reactors suffer a meltdown, according to the head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Japan.
The nuclear power plant at Fukushima has been leaking contaminated water into the ocean for the two years since the accident that saw three of the plants six reactors suffer a meltdown, according to the head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Japan.
Shunichi Tanaka, the head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Japan, and the country鈥檚 chief nuclear regulator announced听on Wednesday, that the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, has been听leaking contaminated water听into the ocean for the two years since the accident that saw three of the plants six reactors suffer a meltdown.
The problem stems from the fact that ground water is leaking into the basement of the damaged reactors, and becoming contaminated, and whilst that water is being pumped out and stored in huge tanks on site, the inflow has not yet been stopped, meaning that ever more ground water enters the basement and becomes contaminated.
Tanaka explains that neither his staff, nor those working for the plant鈥檚 operator have discovered where the leaks are coming from, and therefore have not been able to stop them.听(Related article:听Chernobyl at Sea? Russia Building Floating Nuclear Power Plants)
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the power plants operator, has constantly denied that any of that water has been leaking into the Ocean, but in the last few days it has听switched its position听and finally admitted that it can鈥檛 actually say for sure that the water is not leaking into the sea.听
Tepco has also听admitted听that the amounts of radioactive cesium, tritium, and strontium detected in groundwater around the plant has been growing, making the job of sealing the leaks even more urgent. Cesium and Strontium are especially dangerous to humans.
Tanaka claims that the evidence that the water is reaching the sea is overwhelming.听鈥淲e鈥檝e seen for a fact that levels of radioactivity in the seawater remain high, and contamination continues 鈥� I don鈥檛 think anyone can deny that. We must take action as soon as possible.听(Related article:听Climate Policy Spells Turn Around for Exelon)
That said, considering the state of the plant, it鈥檚 difficult to find a solution today or听tomorrow. That鈥檚 probably not satisfactory to many of you. But that鈥檚 the reality we face after an accident like this.鈥�
For some time now experts have worried that the plant has been constantly continuing to leak radiated material into the ocean, and these latest announcements have only helped to confirm those suspicions.
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