Monday, April 29, 2013

Fukushima and Radioactive Japan updates - April 29 , 2013 .....

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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013

#Fukushima I Nuke Plant: Amount of Radioactive Materials in Water Sample from Outside the In-The-Ground Water Storage Pond No.1 Rose by 10


Cause unknown, according to TEPCO.

No surprise there.

From Jiji Tsushin (4/28/2013):
土壌の放射能濃度10倍に=1号貯水槽、2日前と比べ-福島第1

Fukushima I Nuke Plant: amount of radioactive materials in the soil [outside] the in-the-ground water storage pond No.1 10 times larger, compared to two days ago

東京電力福島第1原発の地下貯水槽から放射能汚染水が漏えいした問題で、東電は28日、1号貯水槽の外側土壌で27日に採取した水の放射能濃度が、2日前と比べ10倍超に上昇したと発表した。貯水槽外側土壌での水採取場所は2カ所あり、今回上昇が判明した場所はこれまで濃度が低い状態が続いていた。東電は「原因は分かっていない。監視を続ける」としている。

Regarding the leak of radioactive waste water from the in-the-ground water storage ponds at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, TEPCO announced on April 28 that the amount of radioactive materials in the water sample taken from the soil outside the Pond No.1 on April 27 was more than 10 times the amount from two days prior. There are two sampling locations outside the pond, and the location that saw the increase this time had had low amount of radioactive materials. TEPCO says "We don't know the cause. We will continue to watch carefully."

東電によると、放射能濃度が上昇したのは1号貯水槽の南西側土壌。27日に採取した水でストロンチウムなどベータ線を出す放射性物質が1ミリリットル当たり1.1ベクレル検出された。26日は検出限界値未満で、25日は同0.099ベクレルだった。

According to TEPCO, it was [the water from] the soil on the southwest side of the Pond No.1 that saw the increase in radioactive materials. 1.1 Bq/milliliter (cubic centimeter) of beta nuclides including radioactive strontium was detected from the water taken from there on April 27. From the same location, it was below detection level on April 26, and 0.099 Bq/milliliter on April 25.

TEPCO's handout for the press on 4/27/2013, showing 1.1 Bq/cm3 of beta nuclides (red rectangle):

Measurement on 4/28/2013 of the same location shows the amount dropped down to 0.074 Bq/cm3 and 0.048 Bq/cm3 (they measured twice, the second time only beta nuclides):

In the meantime, Fukushima Prefecture sent in a group of officials and experts to the plant on April 24 to observe the in-the-ground storage ponds firsthand. They said they were appalled at what they saw. One of the experts, Professor Susumu Nakamura of Nippon University (seismic engineering) said, according to Mainichi Shinbun, "Amateurs. If it were at least 50 to 100 centimeter-thick, the leak of highly radioactive waste water may have been prevented."

Oh but that would cost too much, in a nation whose central bank prints 7 trillion yen(about US$70 billion, at least the conversion calculation is getting easier by the day) each month out of thin air to buy up JGBs from financial institutions to create inflation.

And this thin blue hose is what is transporting extremely contaminated waste water from the Pond No.1 to the metal storage tank(s) (TEPCO will use two, one tank meant for filtered water, and another in the H2 area):

(Photo from Mainichi)


http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/04/the-leaking-reservoirs-may-contain-1300-bqm3-of-pu-238-and-110-bqm3-of-cm-244/


The leaking reservoirs may contain 1,300 Bq/m3 of Pu-238 and 110 Bq/m3 of Cm-244

The leaking reservoirs may contain 1,300 Bq/m3 of Pu-238 and 110 Bq/m3 of Cm-2442 The leaking reservoirs may contain 1,300 Bq/m3 of Pu-238 and 110 Bq/m3 of Cm-244
By April. 2013, Tepco has admitted 3 of 7 reservoirs are leaking the highly contaminated water into the environment at least.
From Tepco’s report of 4/26/2013, 1,300 Bq/m3 of Pu-238 and 110 Bq/m3 of Cm-244 may be in the leaking reservoirs.
Last year they attempted analyzing the filtering zeolite and sludge for radionuclides. The zeolite and sludge are used and produced with filtering the retained water. However, because these samples were too radioactive to analyze, they analyzed the retained water instead.
As a result, high level of Pu-238/239/240 and Cm-244 were measured.
Pu-238 : 1,300 Bq/m3
Pu-239/240 : 600 Bq/m3
Cm-244 : 110 Bq/m3

The sample is concentrated reverse osmosis waste water. The sampling date was 8/28/2012.
Because the Pu ratio (Pu-238/(Pu-239+240) ) is 2.2, it’s due to Fukushima accident.
At the moment of 3/19/2013, 270,690 m3 of this retained water is stocked in total.
Tepco hasn’t released Plutonium data of the leaking reservoirs yet. However it is highly likely that the same level of Pu-238/239/240 are contained in the reserved water.
(cf, [Leakage] Plutonium concentration in the leaking reservoirs not announced [URL])

3 The leaking reservoirs may contain 1,300 Bq/m3 of Pu-238 and 110 Bq/m3 of Cm-244




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