Fukushima Update: TEPCO Readies 3rd Release of Contaminated Water into the Ocean

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) of Japan began preparations on the 30th for the third release of contaminated water from Fukushima’s No.1 nuclear power plant into the ocean. If all goes well, they plan to release 7800 tons over 17 days starting November 2nd.

According to reports from Fukushima TV and private TBS, a TEPCO representative stated, “Today (30th), as part of the third preparation process, we have started checking for leaks in the piping of the ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) treatment water from the A-group equipment tanks for measurement confirmation.”

TEPCO plans to dilute the contaminated water with seawater and transfer it to a tank for tritium (tritium) concentration analysis on the 31st. They will check if the tritium included in the diluted contaminated water is less than 1500 becquerels per liter.

If everything goes as planned, TEPCO will proceed with the third release on November 2nd.

Over 17 days, they plan to release the water into the sea about 0.62 miles(1km) in front of the nuclear power plant through a submarine tunnel. Like the first and second releases, they plan to release approximately 7800 tons of contaminated water.

TEPCO plans to release approximately 31,200 tons, equivalent to 2% of the total contaminated water stored this year, in four stages.

By. Kim Da Woon