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Posted: 23 Dec 2013 06:17 AM PST
A photo
released by Tokyo Electric Power Company of one of the leaking joint
locations at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in December of 2013.
Tokyo Electric officials
announced that they found water coming from foundation joints of the barrier
wall which surrounds tanks storing highly contaminated water at the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Some 2.6 tons of radioactive
water is estimated to have leaked at 4 separate locations. According to
TEPCO, it was found to contain up to 190 becquerels per liter of strontium
90, which is 19 times the allowed national limits.
Preliminary analysis leads investigators
to believe that the leakage was caused by deteriorating joints. The
seams where the barrier met the concrete pad had been sealed with resin.
In October, TEPCO was forced to
raise the barrier after heavy rains caused contaminated water to overflow the
barriers. The new leaks were not caused by overflow and may require
TEPCO roll out new countermeasures.
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