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1 Background:April22,2014 Irradiatednuclearfuelmustbecooledforseveralyearstoprevent itfromoverheatingandreleasingradioactivematerialsintothe atmosphere.theirradiatedfuelitselfhasbecomesointensely radioactivethatitcontinuouslygeneratesheatfromthe unremittingdisintegrationofitsradioactiveatoms.ifthatheatis notremovedthetemperaturewillclimbtoverydangerouslevels. Itiscalled"radioactivedecayheat". That'swhyeveryreactorhasa"spentfuelpool"tostoreits irradiatedfuel;thespentfueltypicallyremainsinthepoolfor seventotenyears.andthat'swhytepcocontinuestopump400 tonnesofwatereverydaydownintothethreecrippledcoresofthe FukushimaDai ichireactorsthatmelteddowninmarch2011. Theyhavetobekeptfromoverheatingonceagain.Radioactive decayheatdiesdownwithtime,butittakesseveralyears.three yearsisnotenough. Themeltdownsthemselveswerecausedbythesamemechanism: "radioactivedecayheat"producedbytheirradiatednuclearfuel. Indeed,thenuclearchainreaction theprocessofnuclearfission washaltedalmostimmediatelyaftertheearthquake,long beforethearrivalofthetsunamialmostanhourlater.thepoint is,fissioncanbestopped.radioactivitycannotbestopped.so heatcontinuestobeproduced.inthatsense,nonuclearreactor canbecompletelyturnedoff. Whenthe400tonnesofwaterusedtocoolthemoltencoresis pumpedbacktothesurface,ithasbecomeextremelyradioactive asithas"flushedout"dozensofvarietiesofradioactivematerials fromtheirradiatednuclearfuel.thishighlycontaminatedwater iscurrentlybeingstoredinhugesteeltanks,eachaboutthree storieshigh.thereareabout1200suchtanksalready,andmore arebeingbuilteverydaytoaccommodatetheadditional400 tonnesthatisbeingaddedtothetotalinventoryofcontaminated watereachday.about2/3ofthesetanksarewelded,buttheother 1/3areonlyboltedtogetherwithrubbersealantsalongthe 1

2 seams.someofthesetankshaveleaked inonecase300tonnes, inanothercase100tonnesofradioactivity ladenwater. Lastyearitwasreportedthatifamanstoodtwofeetawayfroma puddleofsuchwater,foundoutsideoneoftheleakingtanks,he wouldgetthesameradiationdoseinonehourthatanatomic workerwouldgetinfiveyearsifheweretoworkatthemaximum legallyallowedlimitofradiationexposureforthatentiretime. TheALPS[advancedliquidprocessingsystem]designedby ToshibaCorp.istheoreticallyabletoremove62varietiesof radioactivematerialsfromthecontaminatedwater,butitisslow andunreliable,asitfrequentlybreaksdown.asaresult untreatedwatersometimesendsupbeingmixedwithtreated water,meaningthattheentirebatchhastobetreatedonceagain. Inanyevent,thevolumeofhighlycontaminatedwaterisgrowing muchfasterthanthevolumeoftreatedwater,andeventhe treatedwatercontainsresiduallevelsofthoseradioactive materialsthatwereostensiblyremoved.moreover,thetreated watercontainstheentireinventoryofradioactivehydrogen, called"tritium",becausethealpsequipmentisunabletoremove thismaterialfromthewater.althoughtritiumdoesnotgiveoff penetratingradiation(nogammarays),itdoesgiveoffbeta radiationwhichhasbeenfoundtobeabout3timesaseffectivein causingcancersandotherdeleteriousbiologicaleffectsonceitis insidethebody.andinfacttritiumhasreadyaccesstothebodies ofalllivingthings.itfreelyexchangeswiththenon radioactive hydrogenthatisaconstitutentofeveryorganicmolecule, includingthednamoleculethatcarriestheinstructionsthat regulatesthegrowthofthecellandtheorganism.tritiumthatis incorporateddirectlyintothecellsofone'sbodyiscalled "organicallyboundtritium". ThenuclearagenciesthatareinvolvedintheFukushima aftermath,allofthempromotersofnuclearpower,areprepared todumpallofthetritium ladentreatedwater manyhundredof thousandsoftonnesofit directlyintothesea,because(theysay) 2

3 theydonothavethetechnologytoremovetritiumfrom contaminatedwater. ButatDarlingtonOntario,CanadahasaTritiumRemovalFacility designedtodojustthat.theplantroutinelyremovestritiumfrom contaminatedwater.soitissimplywrongtosaythereisno technologytoremovetritium,it'sjustthatthenuclearauthorities involvedinthefukushima"clean up"don'twanttospendthetime andmoneytodothejobproperly. Meanwhile,groundwatercontinuestoflowundertheplantand throughthedamagedcoresofthereactorsonitswaytothesea, carryingwithitcontaminatedwaterattherateof tones perday.thisnaturally flowingwaterposesanadditionalsetof problems,unrelatedtothecoolingwaterthatgetscontaminated andstoredintanksabove ground.tepkohasrecentlytriedto pumpabout100tonnesperdayofthissubterraneanwater throughapipingsystemdirectlyintotheseabeforeithasa chancetogetcontaminated.unfortunately,contaminationhas beendetectedandtheoperationistemporarilyonhold. Meanwhileplansareafoottocreateanenormoussubterranean icewallthatwillsurroundthedamagedreactorsanddivertthe groundwateraroundthemtopreventitfromcomingintocontact withthemeltedcores,therebyeasingtheflowofcontaminated waterintothepacific.thisproject,whichwillcosthalfabillion dollarsormore,willnotbecompleteforabouttwoyears,and therearedoubtsexpressedfromseveralknowledgeablequarters astowhetherornottheplanwillactuallywork. Loomingbehindallthisistheprospectofthe2020Tokyo Olympics.InordertosecurethebidforJapan,PrimeMinister AbeassuredtheOlympicCommitteethat"everythingat Fukushimaisundercontrol."Politically,thishasmadeit increasinglydifficultforjournalists,scientists,workersand ordinarycitizenstotalkopenlyaboutproblemsatfukushima. Suchtalkcaneasilybeportrayedasanactofdisloyalty. GordonEdwards. 3

4 Fukushima No. 1 boss admits water woes out of control AbetoldanOlympicCommitteemeeting thesituationwasundercontrol byyukaobayashi,reutersviajapantimes,apr20, OKUMA, FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE -- The Manager of the Fukushima No.! [Fukushima Dai-ichi] power plant has admitted to embarrassment that repeated efforts have failed to bring under control the problem of radioactive water, eight months after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the world the matter had been resolved. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant s operator, has been fighting a daily battle against contaminated water since Fukushima No. 1 was wrecked by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Abe s government pledged half a billion dollars last year to tackle the issue, but progress has been limited. It s embarrassing to admit, but there are certain parts of the site where we don t have full control, Akira Ono told reporters touring the plant last week. He was referring to the latest blunder at the plant: channeling contaminated water into the wrong building. Ono also acknowledged that many difficulties may have been rooted in Tepco s focus on speed since the 2011 disaster. It may sound odd, but this is the bill we have to pay for what we have done in the past three years, he said. But we were pressed to build tanks in a rush and may have not paid enough attention to quality. We need to improve quality from here. 4

5 The Fukushima No. 1 plant, some 220 km northeast of Tokyo, suffered three reactor core meltdowns in the world s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in The issue of contaminated water is at the core of the clean-up. Japan s nuclear regulator and the International Atomic Energy Agency say a new controlled release into the sea of contaminated water may be needed to ease stretched capacity as the plant runs out of storage space. But this is predicated on the state-of-the-art ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) project, which removes the most dangerous nuclides, becoming fully operational. The system has functioned only during periodic tests. As Ono spoke, workers in white protective suits and masks were building new giant tanks to contain the contaminated water on land that was once covered in trees and grass. A cluster of cherry trees is in bloom amid the bustle of trucks and tractors at work as the 1,000 tanks already in place approach capacity. Insulation-clad pipes lie on a hill pending installation for funneling water to the sea. We need to improve the quality of the tanks and other facilities so that they can survive for the next 30 to 40 years of our decommission period, Ono said, a stark acknowledgement that the problem is long-term. Last September, Abe told Olympic dignitaries in Buenos Aires in an address that helped Tokyo win the 2020 Games: Let me assure you the situation is under control. Tepco had pledged to have treated all contaminated water by March 2015, but said this week that was a tough goal. The utility flushes huge amounts of water over the reactors to keep them cool. That water mixes with groundwater that seeps into the damaged basements of the wrecked buildings, requiring more pumping, treatment and storage. In a rare success, the government won approval from fishermen for plans to divert into the sea a quarter of the 400 tons of groundwater pouring into the complex each day. 5

6 But things keep going wrong. Last week, Tepco said it had directed 203 tons of highly radioactive water to the wrong building, flooding its basement. Tepco is also investigating a leak into the ground a few days earlier from a plastic container used to store rainwater. In February, a tank sprouted a 100-ton leak of radioactive water, the most serious incident since leaks sparked international alarm last year. A hangar-like structure houses Toshiba Corp s ALPS system, able to remove all nuclides except for less noxious tritium, found at most nuclear power stations, its planners say. It sat idle for 19 months after a series of glitches. The latest miscue occurred on Wednesday, when a ton of radioactive water overflowed from a tank. The ultimate purpose is to prevent contaminated water from going out to the ocean, and in this regard, I believe it is under control, Ono said. But the incidents, he said, obliged officials to find better ways to handle the water problem. The government says it will help fund the filtration system, build an underground ice wall and erect more storage tanks. The 1,000 tanks hold 440,000 tons of contaminated water. Some 4,500 to 5,000 workers, about 1,500 more than a half year ago, are trying to double the capacity by Once the deal was clinched with the fishermen, Tepco embarked on a plan to use a water bypass, from as early as next month, to funnel clean groundwater to the sea. But the latest samples next to the bypass found elevated levels of radiation and the project was placed under further scrutiny. Tepco said the radiation was within permitted limits. Plans also call for building an experimental 1.4-km underground freezer to create a wall of ice around the plant to block the groundwater. Tests began last month and Tepco hopes next year to begin construction sinking giant refrigeration rods into the ground to create an impermeable wall of frozen earth. 6

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