Post by Ex_Nuke_Troop on Feb 21, 2014 17:20:47 GMT
Water leak may be due to workers' mistake
Water leak may be due to workers' mistake
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says the latest spill of radioactive water from a mountainside tank may have been caused by worker error.
About 100 tons of contaminated water spilled from a tank at the No. 4 reactor from Wednesday to Thursday. The escaped water flowed to the ground around the tank.
Tokyo Electric Power Company found the water contained 240 million becquerels per liter of beta-ray emitting substance, including strontium. That's the highest level ever detected in tainted water which leaked at the plant.
TEPCO had said that one of the 3 valves that connects to the tank may have been out of order.
But the utility officials have found from a photo taken on Wednesday that the valve is not broken.
TEPCO officials say mishandling of the valve may have caused the water to overflow. They are investigating how and by whom the mistake was made.
Feb. 21, 2014 - Updated 12:57 UTC
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html
Water leak may be due to workers' mistake
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says the latest spill of radioactive water from a mountainside tank may have been caused by worker error.
About 100 tons of contaminated water spilled from a tank at the No. 4 reactor from Wednesday to Thursday. The escaped water flowed to the ground around the tank.
Tokyo Electric Power Company found the water contained 240 million becquerels per liter of beta-ray emitting substance, including strontium. That's the highest level ever detected in tainted water which leaked at the plant.
TEPCO had said that one of the 3 valves that connects to the tank may have been out of order.
But the utility officials have found from a photo taken on Wednesday that the valve is not broken.
TEPCO officials say mishandling of the valve may have caused the water to overflow. They are investigating how and by whom the mistake was made.
Feb. 21, 2014 - Updated 12:57 UTC
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html
so whats happening in the Solomons, is haarp missing its mark?