April 18, 2014 -- (TRN) -- Someone has deliberately sabotaged the
Fukushima nuclear disaster site, by turning on pumps in several different
buildings thus forcing 200 tons of highly radioactive water to be pumped
into the basement of a building on site. While some think it was a
mistake, others say it is clearly deliberate -- sabotage.
According to Japan's NHK media outlet, Workers at the Fukushima plant
inject water into damaged reactors to cool melted fuel. The water becomes
highly radioactive in the process, and is supposed to be held in storage
buildings before being sent to a decontaminating facility.
On Monday, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) learned that
more than 200,000 liters of highly contaminated water was mistakenly pumped
to the basement of a building in the compound. The company says 4 pumps for
emergency use, which should NOT have been turned on, directed the water to
the wrong place.
Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa called for
stronger measures at a regular meeting of the group on Wednesday. He
suggested steps such as setting up security cameras and locking the pumps'
switch boxes.
This latest incident comes on the heels of another in February, when
more than 100 tons of contaminated water leaked from a tank due to a deliberately opened
valve. TEPCO officials have interviewed about 100 workers, but have yet to
find out exactly what occurred.
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