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Low-level radiation detected from drone
Japan Apr. 22, 2015 - Updated 03:40 UTC-4
Tokyo
police say they have detected minute levels of radiation from a drone
found atop the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday morning.
Police
say the drone is about 50 centimeters in diameter with 4 propellers.
They say a small camera and a plastic container were attached to it.
The
container, about 3 centimeters in diameter and 10 centimeters high with
a lid, carried liquid, and a radiation warning symbol was affixed to
it.
The police say their device logged very low levels of radiation
from the container, and the substance is likely radioactive cesium.
They say the levels of radiation are too low to affect human health.
Radioactive water leaking into sea
Nuclear & Energy Apr. 21, 2015 - Updated 03:45 UTC-4
The
operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says
radioactively contaminated rainwater is spilling outside the facility's
port after pumps to prevent leakage stopped working.
In February,
Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, found that radioactive rainwater
that had accumulated on the roof of the plant's No. 2 reactor building
was leaking outside the port through a drainage channel.
TEPCO
blocked the channel and installed 8 pumps in a tentative measure to
reroute the channel so that contaminated water would not leak into the
sea.
The firm started operating the pumps last Friday. But on
Tuesday, a worker found that they had stopped and the water was going
into the sea.
TEPCO officials say they don't know the amount or
radioactive level of the water. But they say that as of April 9th, the
level was extremely low.
They add that the pumps were working
normally when workers checked them on Monday afternoon. They say they
don't know what caused the problem or when they can restart the pumps.
The pumps can handle rainfall up to 14 millimeters per hour. It was not raining heavily when they presumably stopped.
Pumps restart; contaminated water leak stops
Nuclear & Energy Apr. 21, 2015 - Updated 15:33 UTC-4
The
operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says
radioactive rainwater has stopped leaking into the sea as pumps are back
in operation.
Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Company say the generator for the 8 pumps was apparently out of order.
The pumps were used to draw the contaminated rainwater from a drainage channel to prevent leaks.
The utility used a backup generator to restart the pumps on Tuesday night.
The
officials had reported the trouble earlier on Tuesday. They said a
worker found the pumps had stopped, allowing the water to spill outside
the facility's port.
The officials say the rainwater spilled into the sea for more than 11 hours, but they do not know the amount.
But they say the radioactive levels of the drainage water were low in samples taken shortly before the problem was discovered.
They say the utility is continuing an investigation to pinpoint the cause of the trouble.
Court refuses to block restart of Sendai reactors
Nuclear & Energy Apr. 21, 2015 - Updated 23:55 UTC-4
A Japanese court has dismissed a request to block the restart of 2 nuclear reactors in southwestern Japan.
A
group of citizens had sought an injunction to keep the Number 1 and 2
reactors at a nuclear plant in Satsuma-Sendai City in Kagoshima
Prefecture offline.
The 12 citizens from Kagoshima and 2 neighboring
prefectures argued that earthquakes and large volcano eruptions could
cause serious damage to the reactors.
The plant's operator, Kyushu
Electric Power Company, argued that the 2 reactors are strong enough to
withstand earthquakes. The utility also said chances of a huge volcano
eruption are slim.
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Low-level radiation detected from drone
Japan Apr. 22, 2015 - Updated 03:40 UTC-4
Tokyo
police say they have detected minute levels of radiation from a drone
found atop the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday morning.
Police
say the drone is about 50 centimeters in diameter with 4 propellers.
They say a small camera and a plastic container were attached to it.
The
container, about 3 centimeters in diameter and 10 centimeters high with
a lid, carried liquid, and a radiation warning symbol was affixed to
it.
The police say their device logged very low levels of radiation
from the container, and the substance is likely radioactive cesium.
They say the levels of radiation are too low to affect human health.
Radioactive water leaking into sea
Nuclear & Energy Apr. 21, 2015 - Updated 03:45 UTC-4
The
operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says
radioactively contaminated rainwater is spilling outside the facility's
port after pumps to prevent leakage stopped working.
In February,
Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, found that radioactive rainwater
that had accumulated on the roof of the plant's No. 2 reactor building
was leaking outside the port through a drainage channel.
TEPCO
blocked the channel and installed 8 pumps in a tentative measure to
reroute the channel so that contaminated water would not leak into the
sea.
The firm started operating the pumps last Friday. But on
Tuesday, a worker found that they had stopped and the water was going
into the sea.
TEPCO officials say they don't know the amount or
radioactive level of the water. But they say that as of April 9th, the
level was extremely low.
They add that the pumps were working
normally when workers checked them on Monday afternoon. They say they
don't know what caused the problem or when they can restart the pumps.
The pumps can handle rainfall up to 14 millimeters per hour. It was not raining heavily when they presumably stopped.
Pumps restart; contaminated water leak stops
Nuclear & Energy Apr. 21, 2015 - Updated 15:33 UTC-4
The
operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says
radioactive rainwater has stopped leaking into the sea as pumps are back
in operation.
Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Company say the generator for the 8 pumps was apparently out of order.
The pumps were used to draw the contaminated rainwater from a drainage channel to prevent leaks.
The utility used a backup generator to restart the pumps on Tuesday night.
The
officials had reported the trouble earlier on Tuesday. They said a
worker found the pumps had stopped, allowing the water to spill outside
the facility's port.
The officials say the rainwater spilled into the sea for more than 11 hours, but they do not know the amount.
But they say the radioactive levels of the drainage water were low in samples taken shortly before the problem was discovered.
They say the utility is continuing an investigation to pinpoint the cause of the trouble.
Court refuses to block restart of Sendai reactors
Nuclear & Energy Apr. 21, 2015 - Updated 23:55 UTC-4
A Japanese court has dismissed a request to block the restart of 2 nuclear reactors in southwestern Japan.
A
group of citizens had sought an injunction to keep the Number 1 and 2
reactors at a nuclear plant in Satsuma-Sendai City in Kagoshima
Prefecture offline.
The 12 citizens from Kagoshima and 2 neighboring
prefectures argued that earthquakes and large volcano eruptions could
cause serious damage to the reactors.
The plant's operator, Kyushu
Electric Power Company, argued that the 2 reactors are strong enough to
withstand earthquakes. The utility also said chances of a huge volcano
eruption are slim.
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