The company that manages the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant published a report this Wednesday. Leak of more than five tons of radioactively contaminated water It was inside a device used to purify and purify water.
Energy company TEPCO (by its English acronym) said the leak contained about 5.5 tons of water, which contained about 22,000 million becquerels, the unit used to measure radioactive activity, according to information from the Japanese Kiodo news agency.
The leak was detected around 8:55 a.m. (local time), when plant workers reported the presence of contaminated water leaking from an exhaust duct located in the wall of a “high-temperature incinerator” at the facility.
According to TEPCO, Dirty water treatment equipment was being cleaned at the time of the leak -connected to a vent-. However, the company assured that the leak would not have an impact outside the area where the plant is located.