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Nuclear Alert - Fukushima - Radioactive Leak is up to 120 tons from Fukushima Daiichi tank/Kyodo

Kyodo: Radioactive leak is up to 120 tons from Fukushima Daiichi tank (VIDEO)

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Kyodo: Radioactive leak is up to 120 tons from Fukushima Daiichi tank (VIDEO)

Published: April 5th, 2013 at 10:55 pm ET
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Kyodo News, April 6, 2013: Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that up to 120 tons of contaminated water may have leaked into soil from one of the seven underground reservoir tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Around 13,000 cubic meters of contaminated water remain in the tank, with TEPCO having begun transferring it to other tanks nearby on Saturday morning, the utility said. It will take roughly two weeks to complete the transfer, TEPCO added. [...]
NHK WORLD English: Tokyo Electric Power Company says a small amount of radioactive water may have seeped out of an underground water storage facility at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The water contained strontium. [...] The level of radioactivity is considered by the utility to be low. [...] The utility recently constructed 7 large-scale underground facilities for storing the water after removing some radioactive substances. Each facility can accommodate up to 14,000 tons of water. [...]
RIA Novosti: The company operating the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) in northern Japan warned about the possibility of radioactive water leak, the Kyodo news agency reported on Friday. [...] Radioactive substances have been detected in the water that accumulated outside the tank, covered by three layers of waterproof sheets. The exact volume of leak is unknown, but radiation levels in the water stand at about 6,000 Becquerel per cubic centimeter. [...]

Watch NHK’s report here

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130406_04.html 

Tepco has emergency press conference about new highly radioactive leak at Fukushima Daiichi

Published: April 5th, 2013 at 1:31 pm ET
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Kyodo News, April 6, 2013: Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that contaminated water may have leaked into soil from an underground reservoir tank at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. A radioactive substance has been detected in water accumulated between soil around the tank and the outer layer of a waterproof sheet covering the tank. The tank is covered by three layers of waterproof sheets. According to TEPCO and the Nuclear Regulation Authority, around 6,000 becquerels of radiation per cubic centimeter was logged in the water on Friday. [...]
Fukushima Diary (h/t Anonymous tip): By this January, 96% of contaminated water storage facility was full. They made 4 holes underground and has been using them for the emergency water storage facility. On 4/5/2013, Tepco announced they found the highly contaminated water leaking into the ground. [...] Tepco is going to hold an emergency press conference at 1:30AM of 4/6/2013 (JST). [...] See Tepco‘s announcement here

See also: Japan Engineer: Fukushima contaminated water to go in giant pit -- "It can easily be discharged underground" (VIDEO)

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  1. Kyodo: Radioactive leak is up to 120 tons from Fukushima Daiichi tank (VIDEO) April 5, 2013
  2. Tepco gets gov’t warning about radioactive leak from Fukushima Daiichi — “At this time we have reserved the right to not provide an English version due to potential misunderstandings” April 6, 2012
  3. Radioactive waste to be buried underground at Fukushima Daiichi? (PHOTOS) September 10, 2012
  4. Tepco Official: Fukushima Daiichi is on ocean and groundwater is close to surface — A ‘daunting challenge’ to keep radioactive material from spreading? January 18, 2013
  5. Fukushima Daiichi Worker: Nothing can be done except to leak radioactive water! — Honestly feel that we are dumping massive amounts into ocean — Will spread all over world, reaching Hawaii and US soon May 8, 2012

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