Reports: New site with high levels of radiation at Fukushima — Urgent problem says IAEA, experts to examine massive water build-up — Found ‘immediately after’ Olympic speech claiming it’s under control — May stop plan to dump groundwater in sea Published: September 9th, 2013 at 4:05 pm ET By ENENews Email Article 3 comments ________________________________
Xinhua, Sept. 9, 2013: [Tepco] said Monday it detected a new site with leaked toxic water in the complex, immediately after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the issue is under control. [...] Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that it will dispatch a team of nuclear experts to Japan in autumn to investigate the toxic water issue. Yukiya Amano, director general of the IAEA, said that the massive buildup of radioactive water at the power plant was a problem that needed to be coped with urgently, said Kyodo. [...] Jiji Press, Sept. 9, 2013: [Tepco] said Monday that groundwater sampled Sunday from an observation well north of a leaky water storage tank at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station was found to have contained 3,200 becquerels per liter of beta ray-emitting materials, including strontium. [...] TEPCO said it now seems more likely that leaked water mixed with groundwater. AFP, Sept. 9, 2013: [...] groundwater from an observation well near the site of a leaky storage tank showed high levels of radiation, according to reports. The finding means that it “now seems more likely” that radioactive water from leaking tanks had mixed with groundwater in the area, Jiji press and Kyodo news agency quoted [TEPCO] as saying. Many of the tanks were used to cool molten reactors [...] TEPCO also plans to use wells to pump up the groundwater before it seeps into the sea. But, according to Kyodo news, the latest findings could affect that plan as the nearest pumping well is only 130 metres (140 yards) away from the monitoring site from where the sample was taken. RTT News, Sept. 9, 2013: The samples, collected on Sunday from a well 20 meters north of the water storage tank in the H4 area, contained beta-ray emitting substances including strontium, Japanese media reports said. Asahi, Sept. 9, 2013: When asked to pick one option among four in regard to the gravity of the problem, 95 percent of respondents answered it is “serious.” Of that number, 72 percent said “very much” and 23 percent said “to some degree.” See also: “Let me assure you the situation is under control” -Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members during the final presentation over the weekend http://enenews.com/new-site-with-high-levels-of-radiation-at-fukushima-urgent-problem-says-iaea-experts-to-examine-massive-water-build-up-on-site-found-immediately-after-pm-told-olympics-its-under-control Published: September 9th, 2013 at 4:05 pm ET By ENENews
