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Fukushima fishermen to allow discharge into sea
Nuclear & Energy Aug. 11, 2015 - Updated 01:16 UTC-4
Fukushima's fisheries federation is planning to conditionally allow decontaminated underground water from the crippled nuclear power plant to be discharged into the sea.
In exchange, it has asked the government and the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to take measures to prevent negative harmful rumors.
The Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations reached this decision on Tuesday after a conditional agreement by a fishermen's group in Iwaki City.
The group handed a written request to officials from the central government and TEPCO.
It is asking that strict operational standards be observed for the discharge and that the process be subject to monitoring by a third party. It also asks that compensation be paid for harmful rumors.
Tokyo Electric Power Company is planning to pump up contaminated ground water from wells near the reactor buildings, decontaminate the water, and then release it into the ocean.
This measure will be taken to deal with the 300 tons of contaminated water that is being produced at the facility every day.
But TEPCO's plan has been suspended. In February, local distrust of the operator mounted after it was found to have failed to disclose leaks of contaminated rainwater into the ocean.
The federation's chairman Tetsu Nozaki said it was a very troubling decision, but measures to deal with the contaminated water are necessary. He said they will make a final decision after receiving a response.
TEPCO's Tsunemasa Niitsuma said they appreciate the understanding of the plan, and will try to respond quickly.
Reactor at Sendai plant reaches criticality
Nuclear & Energy Aug. 11, 2015 - Updated 11:07 UTC-4
A nuclear reactor has been restarted in Japan for the first time in nearly 2 years.
The No.1 reactor at the Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is the first to go back online under the new regulations introduced after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.
On Tuesday morning, workers in the plant's central control room operated a lever to pull out the reactor's 32 control rods.
The plant's operator, Kyushu Electric Power Company, says the reactor achieved a sustained nuclear chain reaction later on Tuesday and there's been no trouble so far.
If all goes well, the reactor is due to begin generating power on Friday. After gradually raising its output, Kyushu Electric plans to begin commercial operations in early September.
The utility says it will watch carefully for any abnormalities in the operation of the equipment, as the reactor has been kept offline for more than 4 years.
Last year, the 2 reactors at the Sendai plant cleared the new, rigorous regulations introduced after the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The necessary inspections were completed on Monday.
The reactor is the first to go online since September 2013, when the Ohi nuclear plant in central Japan halted operations.
Fukushima update: Challenges remain at destroyed nuke plant
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TEPCO begins pumping up groundwater before dumping in ocean
TOKYO —
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on
Thursday began pumping up groundwater from wells around the reactor
buildings as part of its plan to dump it into the ocean after treatment.The plan is aimed at curbing the amount of toxic water buildup at the complex. Tokyo Electric Power Co says radiation levels in the groundwater are much lower than in the highly toxic water being pooled inside the reactor buildings, adding it will discharge it only after confirming it does not contain radioactive materials exceeding the legally allowable limit.
Even so, fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture had long opposed the plan amid concerns over pollution of the ocean and marine products. They approved it last week on condition that the government and TEPCO continue paying compensation to them for as long as the nuclear crisis continues to cause damage to their business, among other requirements.
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