Japan plant operator starts moving radioactive water into storage

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Japan plant operator starts moving radioactive water into storage
Apr 19, 2011, 2:37 GMT

Tokyo - Workers began moving highly radioactive water to a storage facility Tuesday from a reactor at Japan's troubled nuclear power plant, news reports said.

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), which runs the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in north-eastern Japan, has struggled with contaminated water accumulated in the basement of the turbine building of reactor 2 and in a trench because the water has prevented workers from restoring its key cooling facilities.

TEPCO on Sunday announced the plan to carry out the operation and is seeking to transfer some 30,000 tons of the highly radioactive water to the storage facility.
The company started moving the contaminated water after sealing cracks in the facility's wall Monday.



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[cliffordu]

1. Hmmmm........

WTF kind of storage facility do they have laying around for this much 'hot' water???

[daleo]

2. The Pacific Ocean? n/t

[cliffordu]

3. Good answer. I was afraid of that.

:cry:

[Throckmorton]

4. My Guess,

The condensate storage tanks, which I understand they emptied into the ocean last week. BWR condensate is radioactive, but not nearly as radioactive as water with fuel fragments entrained in it.

Theu also brought a large barge to the site, that might also be in use.

Of course, they aren't going to actually say where it is going, which has become the trend.

[mysterysoup]

5. They were talking about using this thing. Is this the barge?

[Throckmorton]

7. It appears to be "A" barge

I haven't seen photographs or a description of the actual item.

[UpInArms]

6. thanks for the post

been wondering what they were doing - starting to fall off the public radar - news cycles and all

:(