The second discharge of contaminated water from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant will begin on the 5th.
According to Fukushima Zhuo Terevi, Tokyo Electric Power Corporation will begin discharging the second batch of contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant from 10:30 a.m. on the 5th. About 7,800 tons, the same amount as in the first discharge, will be discharged 460 tons a day for 17 days.
Tepco added that there was no particular abnormality in the concentration of tritium (tritium), a radioactive substance measured in contaminated water diluted with seawater.
It is explained that the results of the tritium concentration measurement were between 63 and 87 becquerels (㏃s) per liter (L), below the discharge standard of 1,500 becquerels.
Earlier, Tepco initiated the first marine release on August 24 and completed it on September 11.
The Japanese government, Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Fukushima Prefecture said there was no abnormality in the concentration of tritium in seawater or seafood around the nuclear power plant.
Tepco will continue to measure during the second discharge period.
Tepco plans to dilute tritium, which cannot be purified by multi-nucleus removal facilities (ALPS, Alps), with seawater less than one-40th of the national standard (1500 becquerels per liter), and release it about 1km in front of the nuclear power plant through an undersea tunnel. About 31,200 tons will be discharged four times this year.
SOPHIA KIM
US ASIA JOURNAL
