– “Emergency measure” underway at Fukushima plant after typhoon — Contaminated water being pumped into Pacific (ENENews, Sep 16, 2013):
Title: Typhoon hits Japan as Fukushima operator releases water into sea
Source: AFP
Date: Sept. 16, 2013[…] Workers were pumping out water from areas near tanks storing radioactive water, from which leaks are believed to have seeped into groundwater.
“But we decided to release the water into sea as we reached a conclusion that it can be regarded as rainfall after we monitored levels of radiation,” TEPCO spokesman Yo Koshimizu said.
According to the spokesman, one litre of the water contained up to 24 becquerels of strontium and other radioactive materials — below the 30 becquerel per litre safety limit imposed by Japanese authorities for a possible release to the environment.
However, it was unknown how much water was released to sea under the “emergency measure,” Koshimizu said. […]
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–TEPCO Releases Typhoon Water Into Ocean, Says It Was ‘Safe’:
In areas where water samples were highly toxic, however, Tepco took a different approach and transferred it elsewhere through makeshift pumps. One of those areas contained rainwater that was emitting 170,000 becquerels per liter, far higher than allowed.