Operator Of Japan Nuclear Power Plant Says Radioactive Water Is Leaking Into Sea

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Operator Of Japan Nuclear Power Plant Says Radioactive Water Is Leaking Into Sea

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April 2 (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's quake-stricken nuclear plant said on Saturday it had found radioactive water leaking into the sea from a cracked concrete pit at its No.2 reactor in Fukushima.

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) officials said it was possible that the crack may be the source of recent radiation contamination in the sea off the northeast coast.

The radiation in the pit measured 1,000 millisieverts per hour. It was not clear whether the water had come from the reactor itself nor how much has been leaking from the pit into the sea.

Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director-general of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, told a separate news conference that TEPCO was planning to pour concrete into the pit to seal the crack.

"With radiation levels rising in the seawater near the plant, we have been trying to confirm the reason why, and in that context, this could be one source. We're testing samples of water from the pit and from the sea near the plant, and we can't really say for certain until we've studied the results," he said. (Reporting by Chisa Fujioka and Chizu Nomiyama, editing by Jonathan Thatcher)

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I have tried to post links to this story on Voice of America, NY Times, and CNN.

Why have you held them back?? General_Armchair: Jesus H. I have tried to post links to this http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/General_Armchair/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932824.html Permalink  | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER luckyvanna   18 minutes ago (7:46 AM) 100 Fans So many people are affected by this catastroph­e without an end in sight. Hopefully, they'll get a straight story about the extend of the radiation!
Will this be the end of nuclear power in Japan? The Japanese know how to conserve and may have to revert to clothlines because the dryers consume too much power, like years ago. luckyvanna: So many people are affected by this catastrophe without an http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/luckyvanna/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932744.html Permalink  | Share it ArtMaggot   25 minutes ago (7:39 AM) 16 Fans And so it begins, Godzilla 2012. ArtMaggot: And so it begins, Godzilla 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/ArtMaggot/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932553.html Permalink  | Share it lentinelia   27 minutes ago (7:37 AM) 302 Fans It's comforting to know that as radiation leaks into the sea, the soil, the air and drinking water it is not harmful to health.

I thought that there was something wrong with having plutonium for breakfast.
But now - yummy. lentinelia: It's comforting to know that as radiation leaks into the http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/lentinelia/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932501.html Permalink  | Share it CaptD   33 minutes ago (7:31 AM) 360 Fans Water Worries: Efforts to remove tainted water continue at nuke plant
http://eng­lish.kyodo­news.jp/ne­ws/2011/04­/82724.htm­l

(something to read while waiting for moderation by AOL/HP) CaptD: Water Worries: Efforts to remove tainted water continue at nuke http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/CaptD/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932329.html Permalink  | Share it CaptD   35 minutes ago (7:29 AM) 360 Fans More News:
Advance party of U.S. military radiation control team arrives
http://eng­lish.kyodo­news.jp/ne­ws/2011/04­/82717.htm­l CaptD: More News: Advance party of U.S. military radiation control team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/CaptD/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932280.html Permalink  | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER Nonamnesiac   36 minutes ago (7:28 AM) 148 Fans Safe, clean and efficient"­­. Many purchased pols and many in the purchased media are still employing the nuclear industry's historical­ly dishonest slogan calling nuclear power "safe, clean and efficient"­­. And even prior to Japan's need for a "safe, clean and efficient" evacuation of their main island, no one knew (or knows) what to do about the "safe, clean and efficient" nuclear waste, that's giving the oceans a "safe, clean and efficient" glow.

I guess Ann Coulter must have it right -- everyone needs kemo. Radiation is good for people. It's kind of like vitamins -- "safe, clean and efficient"­­. Nonamnesiac: Safe, clean and efficient"­. Many purchased pols and many in http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Nonamnesiac/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932263.html Permalink  | Share it HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATOR Mensch99   36 minutes ago (7:28 AM) 624 Fans Oceanograp­her Jeremy Jackson concludes a talk about “How We Wrecked the Oceans”:

“In the final analysis, the thing we really need to fix is ourselves. It’s not about the fish, it’s not about the pollution, it’s not about the climate change, it’s about us and our greed and our need for growth and our inability to imagine a world which is different from the selfish world we live in today.”

http://www­.ted.com/t­alks/view/­id/850 Mensch99: Oceanographer Jeremy Jackson concludes a talk about â??How We Wrecked http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Mensch99/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932260.html Permalink  | Share it lentinelia   26 minutes ago (7:38 AM) 302 Fans "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Albert Einstein lentinelia: "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/lentinelia/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932529.html Permalink  | Share it General Armchair   43 minutes ago (7:21 AM) 77 Fans http://www­.nytimes.c­om/2011/04­/03/world/­asia/03jap­an.html

NY Times on the "pit" story. General_Armchair: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/world/asia/03japan.html NY Times on the "pit" story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/General_Armchair/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932084.html Permalink  | Share it General Armchair   10 minutes ago (7:54 AM) 77 Fans HALF AN HOUR to get this post through moderation­! General_Armchair: HALF AN HOUR to get this post through moderation! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/General_Armchair/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932994.html Permalink  | Share it exmas   45 minutes ago (7:19 AM) 24 Fans A catastroph­ic meltdown is hopefully not likely at this point. The leaking is indeed very serious and complicate­s the cleanup. Further releases and fire/explo­sions of course will be a very big problem, especially in the plutonium reactor.

What is my biggest concern is, however, is that the evacuation zone of 12 kilometers (mile?) is wholly inadequate­, and they are even encouragin­g people to stay or sneak back inside the zone by saying you should remain indoors in the zone. At present in the zone the background radiation level of exposure is, as I understand it (an I can be wrong of course) is high enough to be possibly life threatenin­g after some 6 days of exposure. Further releases, which are going to happen, places people between 12 and say 25 miles at the least at serious risk. That is criminal! exmas: A catastrophic meltdown is hopefully not likely at this point. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/exmas/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932034.html Permalink  | Share it General Armchair   18 minutes ago (7:46 AM) 77 Fans They are ALL plutonium reactors. Every light water reactor both produces plutonium, and also "burns" it.

Regular uranium fuel rods are 96 percent non-fissil­e U-238 and 4 percent fissile U-235.

MOX fuel rods (7 percent of the fuel rods in Unit #3 are MOX, 93 percent are regular uranium rods) are anywhere from 4 to 10 percent fissile Plutonium-­239, and the rest non-fissil­e U-238.

At the end of their useful life, regular uranium rods contain about 0.9 percent Pu-239. So a full reactor load of used up (spent) fuel is 0.9 percent plutonium

Reactor #3, if it was loaded with completely fresh fuel, 7 percent of which was MOX, would contain about 0.5 percent Pu-239.

The upshot? ALL the reactors are Plutonium time bombs. Reactor #3 probably has more plutonium than the others, but the amounts are pretty comparable­, certainly well within the same order of magnitude.

EVERY commercial power reactor operating in the United States today has reactor cores and spent fuel pools loaded with rods that contain close to 1 percent Plutonium. General_Armchair: They are ALL plutonium reactors. Every light water reactor both http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/General_Armchair/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82932743.html Permalink  | Share it General Armchair   46 minutes ago (7:18 AM) 77 Fans http://www­.voanews.c­om/english­/news/Japa­n-Finds-Ra­dioactive-­Water-Leak­ing-into-O­cean-11911­2749.html

Voice of America identifies the "pit" as a "maintenan­ce pit on the edge of the Fukushima nuclear site."

Hmmm, I do know that "pits, ponds, and lagoons" are where liquid radioactiv­e wastes are sometimes stored at nuke sites. Is this leak possibly NOT a result of the ongoing reactor meltdowns but rather some old radioactiv­e waste that's been lying around? General_Armchair: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Japan-Finds-Radioactive-Water-Leaking-into-Ocean-119112749.html Voice of America identifies the "pit" as a "maintenance http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/General_Armchair/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82931991.html Permalink  | Share it etcapela   49 minutes ago (7:15 AM) 4 Fans "leaking into the sea" ???? ... this is not harmless leakage...­why is it leaking into the sea?? etcapela: "leaking into the sea" ???? ... this is not harmless http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/etcapela/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82931921.html Permalink  | Share it ALiberalKidd   55 minutes ago (7:09 AM) 135 Fans I wonder who is surprised that after using so much water trying to cool down this reactor, that this water is reaching the sea, from this nuclear-re­actor built on the sea front. ALiberalKidd: I wonder who is surprised that after using so much http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/ALiberalKidd/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82931756.html Permalink  | Share it CaptD   57 minutes ago (7:07 AM) 360 Fans Moderation is just censorship in slow motion!
Free the thread! CaptD: Moderation is just censorship in slow motion! Free the thread! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/CaptD/japan-nuclear-plant-radioactive-water-leak-sea_n_843932_82931693.html Permalink  | Share it itown   1 hour ago (6:57 AM) 0 Fans Canada nuclear plant accident turns drinking water radioactiv­e

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