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Fukushima Daiichi leak raised to level 3 severity
Japan’s nuclear regulators have raised the level of severity of the radioactive water leak from a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. It is now a level-3 serious incident.
The revision from level 1 is based on estimates of the volume of radioactive substances leaked.
The leak was found earlier this month at one of the tanks storing highly radioactive water. The plant operator estimates 300 tons of contaminated water flowed out of the tank and through a ditch, some of it possibly reaching the sea.
Officials at the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday ranked the incident 2 notches higher on the international scale of nuclear and radiological events.
The scale is from zero to 7 and grades nuclear events ranging from no significant safety threat to a major accident.
The International Atomic Energy Agency supports the revision. They say the tank leak can be assessed separately from the Fukushima Daiichi crisis as a level 3 incident. The crisis overall has been ranked as a level-7 major accident.
Japanese experienced a level-3 nuclear event in 1997 with the fire and explosions at a fuel reprocessing plant in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture. 37 workers there were exposed to the leaked radioactive substances.
6 Comments on "Fukushima Daiichi leak raised to level 3 severity"
curlyq3 on Thu, 29th Aug 2013 12:16 pm
29 months of lies about this catastrophe … When the entire nuclear fuel inventory at Fukushima Daiichi, (best good estimate to be 2200 tons) is lost, that entire region including Tokyo will be uninhabitable … They are all running around now like roaches in the kitchen when the light comes on … curlyq3
bobinget on Thu, 29th Aug 2013 6:04 pm
Calling in hired guns from Russia and the US was the first smart thing Tepco has done.
Never underestimate damage done to Japan’s economy, oil and gas consumption, global warming,
the future of nuclear energy in general.
As expensive and potentially dangerous as it is, nuclear energy, when functioning properly, did not poison the air and water like coal or give off the kind of greenhouse gasses of so called ‘clean gas’.
Even if Tepco gets a handle on Fuk, it will ONE HUNDRED years before everything is stable.
Bottom line, because of where these reactors were sited, how the disaster was mishandled, the end of future 20th century nuclear land based power plants seems limited to the existing stock.
The US Military has dozens of reactors in submarines
aircraft carriers and God knows. Many of those reactors can power an entire city. The Russians are busy building floating nuclear power plants.
We shall see.
rollin on Thu, 29th Aug 2013 8:09 pm
It is a fact of life that all systems are prone to unexpected failure, no matter how many precautions are taken. Eventually all nuclear facilities will have an unforeseen accident, most will be minimal, some will be disastrous. Given the large number of nuclear reactors, the potential for another disaster is remarkably high. Considering that most spent fuel storage facilities are nearby the reactors, expansion of the disaster is highly probable.
Besides the current hazards of radioactivity in the biosphere, the long term ramifications of genetic anomalies must be considered. Like many of our manmade predicaments this is a multi-generational hazard.
kickerbocker on Thu, 29th Aug 2013 8:11 pm
Read and learn…
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/21/omg_new_crisis_disaster_at_fukushima_oh_wait_its_nothing_again/
curlyq3 on Fri, 30th Aug 2013 3:58 pm
Hello Peak Oilers … Nuclear profiteers and Nuclear apologists have betrayed all life on Earth with their lies about “Safe, Clean, Nuclear Energy” … the time is soon that they will be found and compelled to face justice for their crimes … curlyq3
curlyq3 on Fri, 30th Aug 2013 4:23 pm
Attention kickerbocker … regarding your post “Read and learn…” … all nuclear waste remains in the environment permanently … the food chain is being contaminated … bioaccumulation presents all life forms with the consequense of internal emitters … you are either very ignorant or a criminal to minimize the nuclear pollution that is occuring in the world … curlyq3