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Post by Ex_Nuke_Troop on Apr 19, 2014 18:17:22 GMT
NHK : TEPCO ordered to act on contaminated water problemJapan's nuclear regulator has ordered the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to strengthen safety measures for handling contaminated water. The Tokyo Electric Power Company announced a mishandling incident at the plant and the regulator wants to prevent a reoccurrence. Workers at the plant inject water into damaged reactors to cool melted fuel. The water becomes highly radioactive in the process, and is supposed to be held in storage buildings before being sent to a decontaminating facility. On Monday TEPCO learned that more than 200,000 liters of highly contaminated water was mistaken pumped to the basement of a building in the compound. The company says 4 pumps for emergency use directed the water. Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa called for stronger measures at a regular meeting of the group on Wednesday. He suggested steps such as setting up security cameras and locking the pumps' switch boxes. The regulator ordered the utility to come up with preventative measures and report them at an experts' panel scheduled for Friday. TEPCO has yet to determine who turned on the pumps and how the incident came about. The regulator has also asked to be briefed on the results of TEPCO's investigation. Apr. 16, 2014 - Updated 08:46 UTC www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140416_25.html
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