Measured radiation in seawater ashore off the Central nuclear Japan tsunami-ravaged several million times legal limit in recent days, while officials argue that contamination still does not constitute an immediate danger.
Radiation was cast in the Pacific Ocean the Fukushima Daiichi plant since a 9.0 magnitude earthquake caused a massive tsunami that flooded the complex. Over the weekend, workers he discovered a crack where the highly contaminated water has been discharging directly into the ocean.
The tsunami has sprayed about 400 kilometres from the northeast coast, killing thousands of people and entire towns flattened. Tens of thousands more lost their homes in the crash of the water, and thousands have been forced to leave the area near the plant because of radiation concerns.
A member of the Force of legitimate defence of the Japan Research victims on a coastline that was damaged by the earthquake and the tsunami, in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, Tuesday. Toru Hanai/ReutersMany of these "radiation refugees" are frustrated by the mandatory 20-kilometre exclusion zone and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. - including the stock value has plunged its lowest level ever - them said Tuesday it would give the affected towns 20 million yen (240 000 US$) each.
Also Tuesday, TEPCO announced that sea water samples near one of the reactors contained 7.5 million times the legal limit of radioactive iodine on April 2. Two days later, this figure dropped to $ 5 million.
Experts have said that radiation quickly dissipates in the vast Pacific, but they also said that it is not known what will be the effects of large amounts of contamination. No fishing is permitted in the vicinity of complex.
TEPCO said in a statement that even large amounts would have "no immediate impact" on the environment, but added that it is working to stop the leak as soon as possible.
The readings were taken more near the plant as before - apparently because the new points have been added after the crack was discovered - and do not necessarily reflect a worsening of the contamination. Other measures metres hundreds of plant have declined to levels approximately 1,000 times the legal limit - down from 4,385 times the legal limit last week.
Measurements of radiation from TEPCO was questioned last week, and the nuclear safety agency ordered the utility to analyze again its samples. As a result, some figures have been chosen and several days worth of measures were released Tuesday.
Radioactivity is cast into the ocean, in part, because the factory workers were forced to use a method fortune to lower temperatures and pressures by pumping water in reactors and allowing Gush out everywhere where it can. This is a difficult process, but it prevents a complete breakdown of fuel rods that would unleash even more radioactivity in the environment.
This means also is pooling of means highly radioactive water through the plant, and some of them blasted their way to the ocean. Workers are now desperately trying to find a place to store the contaminated water because it is preventing them from restoring the normal cooling systems.
From late Monday, they began less than pumping contaminated water into the sea to space in a storage facility for the more highly radioactive water.
This process should take two days.
The building is not designed to hold water, but it is also not flee, so engineers have decided once it is empty, they can pump in plu radioactive water.
Japan is another method of decontamination of the Russia.
Monday, a spokesman for the Russian nuclear agency, Rosatom, Sergei Novikov, told journalists that the Japan had requested send Russia a vessel used to remove nuclear waste liquid from decommissioned submarines.
Novikov said that Moscow expected responses to certain questions before granting the request.
It has more than 15 million litres of contaminated, water pooling around the plant, Hidehiko Nishiyama, a spokesman of the Japan nuclear and industrial safety agency, said Tuesday. It is unclear how much storage space is left at the plant, but the last approach should make room for approximately 2.6 million gallons in the building of waste storage.
Even if TEPCO has made the decision to release deliberately contaminated at least water is a mark of progress on the resolution of a problem, every day seems to bring a new setback and reputation of the company took a serious blow.
On Tuesday, its stock dropped yen 80 - the maximum daily limit, or 18 per cent - just 362 yen ($ 4.3), falling below its previous low record of 393 yen from December 1951 to closing.
Since the earthquake, the prices of the action of the TEPCO has nose-dived a staggering 80 per cent. The Tokyo Stock Exchange said investors have dumped TEPCO shares worth 1.06 billion of yen since March 11.
Stress to announce the bad news also seems to be taking a toll. An official teared up and his voice starts shaking was details at a press conference near the plant this week.
In what could be an effort to counter the bad advertising, Takashi Fujimoto, Vice-President of the TEPCO, said that the company offered 20 million yen ($ 240,000) for each city or city affected by the mandatory evacuation zone. He calls the cash "money apology" and noted that a city he had refused because he disagreed with the approach. He gave no details.
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