FUBARshima nuclear debacle rolling along - massive groundwater flows of contaminated water to the sea - which of course lying Tepco knew would happen.... Meanwhile , what is causing the steam at Unit # 3 ??????

[Breaking] Impervious wall construction intermitted “due to the shortage of Fukushima workers”

Posted by Mochizuki on July 24th, 2013 · 4 Comments

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Having contaminated groundwater flowing to the sea, Tepco is building the impervious wall near the seaside.

(cf, Tepco completed 16% of ground improvement on the east side of reactor1&2 [URL])

In the press conference of 7/24/2013, Tepco announced the urgent construction was intermitted due to the shortage of Fukushima worker. (12:09) For the safety issue, they needed to rest the workers but they couldn’t keep the replacement workers.

Tepco also commented the workers need further trainings.

Tepco has been insisting they have adequate supply of the workers.

http://www.tepco.co.jp/tepconews/streaming/index-j.html

Former Fukushima worker “They knew contamination flows to the sea from the very beginning”

Posted by Mochizuki on July 24th, 2013 · No Comments

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The former Fukushima worker Happy11311 commented on Twitter that it has been clear the contaminated groundwater is flowing to the sea from the facility design.

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It has been clear that the trench facility from turbine building to the seaside doesn’t have water sealing performance. They absolutely knew the contaminated water is flowing to the sea.When they installed the silt fence, they had the solid data to prove it.

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事故当初からわかってた事なんだけど、そもそもタービン建屋から海側に造られてるトレンチ設備は、密閉構造でも止水構造でもないから海に汚染水が流れてるのは確実にわかってたはずなんだよね。だいたいシルトフェンス設置した時点で確証データもあって、わかってたと思うんだ。

— ハッピー (@Happy11311) July 22, 2013

12:37 PM EST on July 24th, 2013 | 31 comments

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02:10 PM EST on July 23rd, 2013 | 136 comments

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10:55 AM EST on July 23rd, 2013 | 63 comments

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