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Dumping of Fukushima groundwater into Pacific Ocean begins in May
31.03.2014 18:58 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Tokyo Electric Power Cos (Tepco) dumping of groundwater from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant will begin in May, Voice of Russia reports referring to the Japan’s minister Sunday statement.
Statement says Tepco is intended to create a bypass system that will direct the water flow towards the devastated plant and then funnel it to the sea way before it reaches the reactor buildings.
A local fishermen organization on Tuesday decided to allow Tepco to dump groundwater into the sea on condition that the water is clean enough for release.
Toshimitsu Motegi, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister informed the fishermen that the company will not start the release of the groundwater until the season for catching young sand lance is over.
The fishermen have set a mandatory condition for Tepco to hire a third party to monitor radiation levels of groundwater before the release. The acceptable level should be less than 1 becquerels per litre of Cesium-134.
It should be noted that in March Tepco had to delay the decontamination process after the problems with water filtering systems had been discovered at the plant.
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