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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Leak from Fukushima tank

Leak from Fukushima tank

20 August 2013
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 12.46pm
UPDATE 1: 1.35pm: correct mistaken description of rainwater valve as faulty
UPDATE 2: 4.41pm: removal of soil and completion of pumping surface water
UPDATE 3: 5.54pm: clarification on radioactivity and treatment status
UPDATE 4: 21 August, 11.00am: potential reclassification on INES scale
CORRECTION: 5.58pm, 29 August: Faulty tank contained water with 200,000 Bq/L. Previous figure of 80 million Bq/L was measurement of leaked water accumulated within the dam.

Tepco is working to control a leak of radioactive water from a storage tank at Fukushima Daiichi. Water escaped from the tank and then reached the soil through a rainwater valve in the surrounding dam.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Leak_from_Fukushima_tank_2008131.html?goback=.gde_72037_member_274023465#!
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