Radioactive Contaminated Water Leaks (Update) December 2013

Fukushima Contaminated Water (Update)

• Science & Technology Office

Tokyo

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

Confédération suisse

Confederazione Svizzera

Confederaziun svizra

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y of Switzerland in Japan

Science & Technology Office Tokyo

The figure in this document has been replaced to address some inquiries we received. The original picture, taken from public source, was merely meant to illustrate how the groundwater flows from the mountain side under the crippled power plant and into the ocean. The depth of the core was not in scale. Although it was not our intention, we acknowledge and regret that it caused some misunderstanding.

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January 21, 2014

Radioactive Contaminated Water Leaks (Update)

December 2013

Even though the situation at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power

plant remains uncertain and many years of cleaning up still lie ahead with a major impact on Japan’s econom y and the Tohoku population, the frequently reported water leaks do not seem to be the main concern as radiation measurements show:

The influence of contaminated water is limited within the port of the NPP,

anarea smaller than 0.3 km2

http://www.stofficetokyo.ch/reports/201312_Contaminated_Water.pdf

http://enenews.com/image-published-embassy-japan-shows-fukushima-melted-fuel-deep-underground-photo