Um, a little bit late for that, eh #IAEA? Relying on #TEPCOLies all this time? How much water has already been released?!! IAEA expands #Fukushima water monitoring

The IAEA is initiating additional monitoring close to the #FukushimaDaiichi NPP, starting with marine sampling conducted by international experts to support the interlaboratory comparison related to the discharge of #ALPS treated water.

October 21, 2024

"The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is taking the first practical steps towards additional monitoring near the Fukushima Daiichi NPP in Japan. The IAEA carried out marine sampling as an initial step, leveraging the presence of experts from various countries who were in Japan for a mission to collect samples for the latest IAEA interlaboratory comparison (ILC) related to the ALPS treated water discharge.

"The IAEA’s new measures follow announcements in September by China and Japan that indicated their mutual agreement to implement additional measures, which will facilitate wider participation of other stakeholders under the framework of the IAEA. The Agency confirms that this agreement is built on its existing sampling and monitoring activities in compliance with the IAEA statutory functions."

"International experts from China’s Third Institute of Oceanography, the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety and Switzerland’s Spiez Laboratory – members of the IAEA’s Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity (#ALMERA) network – participated in the marine sampling, which included taking samples for subsequent analysis in their own laboratories."

Read more:
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/iaea-expands-fukushima-water-monitoring/

#ALPSsystem #FukushimaIsntOver #FukushimaWastewater #TEPCO #JapanGov #PacificLivesMatter #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife

More fried equipment? Not surprising! #Japan to resume trial removal of #radioactive #Fukushima nuclear debris amid safety concerns

10/25/2024

Fukushima, Japan - "The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will resume an operation to remove a sample of #HighlyRadioactive material next week, reports said Friday, after having suspended the effort over a technical snag.

"Extracting the estimated 880 tons of highly radioactive fuel and debris inside the former power station remains the most challenging part of decommissioning the facility, which was hit by a catastrophic tsunami in 2011.

"Radioactivity levels inside are far too high for humans to enter, and last month engineers began inserting an extendable device to try and remove a small sample.

"However, operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) had to halt the procedure after noticing that remote cameras on the apparatus were not beaming back images to the control center.

"TEPCO on Friday said it would resume the removal on Monday after replacing the cameras with new ones, the Asahi Shimbun daily and other local media reported.

"TEPCO officials could not immediately be reached to confirm the reports.

Safety of Fukushima #wastewater release in question

"Three of Fukushima's six reactors went into meltdown after a tsunami triggered by Japan's biggest earthquake on record swamped the facility in one of the world's worst atomic accidents.

"Japan last year began releasing into the #PacificOcean some of the 540 Olympic swimming pools' worth of contaminated reactor cooling water amassed since the catastrophe."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/japan-to-resume-trial-removal-of-radioactive-fukushima-nuclear-debris-amid-safety-concerns/ar-AA1sUYYO

#FukushimaIsntOver #NoDumping #FukushimaWastewater #TEPCOLies #PacificLivesMatter #WaterIsLife #RethinkNotRestart #TEPCO