Now the underground rooms and tanks accumulated about 440000 tons of contaminated water. According to experts, the technical tunnel stations — 15 thousand tons. Operator nuclear power plant emergency, «Fukushima-1» company TEPCO plans by the end of March 2015 to completely clean radioactive water that has accumulated in the underground chambers of power and technical tunnel station.
According to the report of the operator, began to develop a specific program for water purification.
Now the underground rooms and tanks accumulated about 440000 tons of contaminated water. According to experts, the technical tunnel stations — 15 thousand tons. The number of contaminated water into the underground chambers increases on 400 tons due to coming from an elevated water table. Previously, there was a plan for evacuation and draining into the ocean of groundwater before they enter the underground facilities, and mixed with contaminated water. However, once in August was leaking 300 tons of contaminated water from the tank, there was a suspicion that this water could seep into the groundwater.
For a radical solution to the problem of radioactive water accumulating TEPCO plans to build several additional treatment facilities and other ALPS. According to company estimates, it will give her the opportunity every day to clean up to 1500 tons of water. This is three times more than the company cleans now RIA Novosti reported .
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