Toxin levels are low, but jury out on long-term risks at Toyosu market
A storm over soil pollution and corner-cutting at the site chosen to host the Toyosu wholesale food market has centered on the presence of toxins in water that could be hazardous to human health. On Sept. 29, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said it had sampled ...
Tepco dumps treated groundwater in Pacific to ease toxic water buildup at Fukushima No. 1
The project has been touted as one of Tepco's key measures in tackling the contaminated water problem at the shattered nuclear plant.
Tepco begins dumping Fukushima No. 1 groundwater into Pacific Ocean
Tokyo Electric Power Co. began dumping groundwater from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant into the Pacific on Wednesday, in a bid to manage the huge amounts of radioactive water that have built up at the complex. The utility, which says the water discharged is within ...
Groundwater diverted from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant passes radiation tests, as officials prepare to vent tons of it into the Pacific Ocean next week.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. starts pumping groundwater into tanks before it passes through the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and gets highly contaminated.
A local fishermen’s organization decides to allow Tokyo Electric Power Co. to dump groundwater from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex into the sea on condition that the water meets certain decontamination standards.
KYODO The government on Monday asked a nationwide fisheries federation for permission to pump groundwater entering the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant complex into the ocean if it can keep the contamination level much lower than the legal limit. In negotiations with the head of ...
Tank at No. 1 lost 300 tons of radioactive water
About 300 tons of highly radioactive water had leaked from a tank at the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as of Tuesday afternoon, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Tepco claims none of the water, which had been used to cool its stricken reactors ...
Tritium samples in sea near No. 1 jump
The density of radioactive tritium in samples of seawater from near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant doubled over 10 days to hit a record 1,100 becquerels per liter, possibly indicating contaminated groundwater is seeping into the Pacific Ocean.
Level of radioactive tritium rising in harbor at Fukushima plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has seen a rise in the level of radioactive tritium in seawater within the harbor at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. A sample collected Friday contained around 1,100 becquerels of tritium per liter, the highest level detected in ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has issued another correction for groundwater radiation at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex and now says that it's only a tenth of what it announced earlier this month. The correction Wednesday was the second the beleaguered utility has issued for ...
Tepco finds groundwater contaminated with radioactive cesium
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has detected radioactive cesium in groundwater samples taken from the premises of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex, reversing an earlier announcement that any contamination was negligible. The announcement came Monday as Tepco was trying to secure the consent of ...
