Inappropriate Transfer of Contaminated Water


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Event Date: 13 April 2014 Event Type: Power Reactor
Event Location: Japan, FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI INES Rating: Not Applicable (Final)

The Central Waste Building at Fukushima Daiichi NPS has been currently used as a storage facility for contaminated water from the Nuclear Reactor Buildings Unit 1 to 4.
On 11 April, 2014, TEPCO found that the level of contaminated water in the Central Waste Building unnaturally fell down although the contaminated water was not transferred to other places, and on 13 April, 2014, it was found by TEPCO that some contaminated water in the Central Waste Building was transferred to the Incineration Building, which has been prepared as an emergency storage facility for contaminated water. TEPCO stopped the inappropriate transfer of contaminated water.
The total amount of inappropriately transferred water is estimated by TEPCO to be approximately 203m3.
The concentration of radioactive materials in the contaminated water in the Central Waste Building, which was measured by TEPCO on 8 April, 2014, is as follows:
Cs-134: 10 MBq/L
Cs-137: 27 MBq/L

INES Rating: Not applicable (Final) as per 16 April 2015
Release beyond authorized limits? No
Overexposure of a member of the public? No
Overexposure of a worker? No

Contamination spread within the facility? No
Damage to radiological barriers (incl. fuel damage) within the facility? No

Degradation of Defence In-Depth No

Person injured physically or casualty? No
Is there a continuing problem? No

Hiromitsu Yoneyama - Nuclear Regulation Authority
Nuclear Regulation Authority

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