Increase in tritium concentration re-detected near "Fukushima-1"

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Increase in tritium concentration re-detected in groundwater near "Fukushima-1"



The increased level of radiation has been detected near the steel storage tanks in the nuclear power plant, from which about 300 tons of water with extremely high concentrations of radioactive substances leaked on August 20th .

According to TEPKO, the content of tritium in groundwater near the storage tank was 170 thousand becquerels per liter, while the permissible norm is 60 thousand becquerels per liter.

Experts believe that the high concentration of the radioactive substance could be due to the addition of tritium previously absorbed by the earth, which has now reached the ground water.

Radioactive water is the main problem at the "Fukushima-1" power plant. Experts say that more than 400 tons of radioactive water has accumulated in drainage systems and underground floors of the power station.

Read more: Increase in tritium concentration re-detected in groundwater near "Fukushima-1" - News - Society - Russian Radio
 

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From Peter Lee:

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There is no guarantee that the current Fukushima cluster---- will not get an upgrade. Per anti-nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman:

Fukushima's owner, Tokyo Electric (Tepco), says that within as few as 60 days it may begin trying to remove more than 1300 spent fuel rods from a badly damaged pool perched 100 feet in the air. The pool rests on a badly damaged building that is tilting, sinking and could easily come down in the next earthquake, if not on its own.

The engineering and scientific barriers to emptying the Unit Four fuel pool are unique and daunting, says Gundersen. But it must be done to 100% perfection.

Should the attempt fail, the rods could be exposed to air and catch fire, releasing horrific quantities of radiation into the atmosphere. The pool could come crashing to the ground, dumping the rods together into a pile that could fission and possibly explode. The resulting radioactive cloud would threaten the health and safety of all us.
The situation at Unit 4 does look pretty dire. The cooling pond, on top of a damaged structure, contains a reactor load of rods (Unit 4's rods had been moved from the reactor to the pond as part of routine maintenance when the tsunami hit) that are usually gingerly manipulated under precisely controlled conditions by computer-driven cranes. Conditions at Number 4 cooling pond are considerably less than optimal, as Reuters tells us, and the actual removal operation might play out like a frustrating encounter with one of those claw machines at Denny's.


Botching the removal could lead to a ghastly, if not apocalyptic nuclear accident. The possibility that Tepco is driven to try to remove the rods, not because it is ready to, but because the whole building is subsiding in water-soaked soil and may come crashing down, also inspires the heebie-jeebies.
 

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Tokyo is to host Summer 2018. How did Japan manage to convince members of IOC despite the rediation?

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Tokyo is to host Summer 2018. How did Japan manage to convince members of IOC despite the rediation?

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Summer 2020.

Given that the other major contender was Istanbul, I think it came down to a choice between radiation or riots + sharia law.
 

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