Published on Sep 11, 2015
Rainwater overflows from Fukushima plant
Nuclear & Energy Sep. 11, 2015 - Updated 01:34 UTC-4
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has found that rainwater has intermittently overflowed a drainage channel and spilled directly into the sea.
This happened after the area was hit by the recent heavy rains.
Tokyo Electric Power Company said on Friday that it confirmed the leaks through video footage of the complex. The operator said the leaks occurred at 3 AM, 5:20 AM and 6 AM on Friday -- for a total of more than 2 and a half hours.
TEPCO is now checking the radioactive levels of rainwater samples taken from the channel.
Radioactive rainwater was first found spilling into the sea from the channel in February.
As a stopgap measure, TEPCO built a barrier at the channel's far end to pump up water before it reached the sea.
The channel repeatedly floods during heavy rains.
Work to reroute the drainage channel so that the rainwater does not leak outside the plant's port, which began in May, has yet to be completed.
3 dead, 23 missing in eastern Japan floods
Japan Sep. 11, 2015 - Updated 03:22 UTC-4
Authorities in eastern Japan say massive floods and landslides caused by record-high rainfall have left three people dead and 23 missing.
Rescuers are searching for the missing, 22 of whom are from Joso City in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo. A levee of the Kinugawa River gave way in the city on Thursday.
City officials had said 25 people were missing, but later contacted three of them.
The other missing person is from Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture.
One of the three dead, a man in his 20s, fell in a drain on Thursday while working at an overflowed river in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.
A 63-year-old woman died after her house was hit by a landslide in Kanuma City, also in Tochigi.
Officials in Kurihara say a 48-year-old woman died on Friday morning after her car was washed away by floodwaters.
Recovering radiation contaminated bags
Nuclear & Energy Sep. 11, 2015 - Updated 08:43 UTC-4
Floods have washed bags of material contaminated by radiation into river in a village in Fukushima prefecture. Some of them have reportedly been recovered, but others are still missing.
Environment ministry officials say they received a report on Friday morning that floods from heavy rain carried the plastic bags into the Niida River. They were being stored on farmland in Iitate village near the Crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The bags contained grass and other materials tainted with radioactive substances from the 2011 nuclear accident. They were being kept outdoors near the river before being transferred to storage sites.
The officials say 82 bags have been washed into the Niida and nearby Hiso rivers. Workers involved in decontamination efforts reportedly recovered 37 of them as of 6 PM Friday.
The officials say they will continue searching for the remaining bags and check whether any other bags have been washed away.
Rescues continue along flooded Shibui River
Japan Sep. 10, 2015 - Updated 23:46 UTC-4
Emergency rescue teams are struggling to reach people stranded by floodwaters in a wide area along the Shibui River in Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan.
A 20-meter section of a levee collapsed on Friday morning. The area is the latest to suffer extreme damage from flooding caused by the recent record rains.
City authorities say calls for rescue are pouring in from stranded residents. Ground Self-Defense Force personnel called in to help say about 100 buildings have been inundated.
Firefighters and GSDF personnel are using boats and helicopters to try to get to the stranded people. Firefighters say they had rescued 66 people by noon on Friday.
City officials say more than 700 residents, including those who have been rescued, have evacuated to shelters. About 1,250 people live in the district where the levee broke.
The Meteorological Agency has issued an emergency warning for Miyagi Prefecture. Local municipalities are calling on residents to evacuate to safer places.
Earlier on Thursday, Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures, south of Miyagi, suffered extreme damage from floods.
Twenty-five people are missing in Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture. About 580 others remain stranded and are waiting for help.
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Flooding from Typhoon Etau has caused new leaks of contaminated water to flow from the Fukushima nuclear power station into the ocean. The incident came after a rush of water overwhelmed the site’s drainage pumps.
Typhoon Etau brought lashing rains, floods and storm winds to Japan. Tens of thousands of Japanese people have been ordered to leave their homes across the country.
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