80257686 Tepco has suspended work on water purification for "Fukushima 1"
Japanese nuclear power plant emergency operator, "Fukushima-1" Tepco said that the clean-up of radioactive water at the station on hold, reports on Saturday, June 18, Reuters. Work, it was decided to suspend only a couple of hours later after they started because of the sharp increase in the level of radiation in the apparatus for water purification. "The level of radiation in the device, neutralizing cesium, rose faster than we planned," – the words quoted by the representative of Tepco. According to broadcaster NHK, decontamination of water on the plant began earlier than 18 June. Water is pumped through the planned pollution control equipment to free from salt, oil and radioactive particles, then it should have been sent to the reactors for their cooling. The day was planned to purify 1,2 thousand tons of water, and generally pass through the treatment complex of at least 200 thousand tons of water. The need for surgery was due to the fact that the highly water accumulated at nuclear power plants could soon rise to the level of the earth and into the sea water. In Tepco, however, still do not know what to do with the huge volume of radioactive waste that will remain from this operation. A series of accidents at nuclear power plants, "Fukushima-1" took place March 11, 2011. At nuclear power plants, a series of explosions came from building the system automatically cool the reactors. Around the station has increased dramatically background radiation. Residents of the settlements located within a radius of 20 kilometers from the "Fukushima-1", were evacuated. In April, management announced Tepco that the situation on "Fukushima-1" will be brought under control within six to nine months, but in May it was announced that work on disaster recovery will take longer. To date, managed to restore the cooling system on the fifth and sixth reactors and plug the power supply units all stations.
