No decontamination waste outflow due to heavy rain of Typhoon No.19
Despite the heavy rain of Typhoon No. 19 in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, a bag of waste such as fallen leaves and weeds from the decontamination of the nuclear accident leaked into the river, but the town did not report to the prefecture until 24th. I understand that.
According to Nasu-cho, the residents who stored decontamination waste on their premises on the 15th of this month contacted the town that one bag was thrown into the river after flooding in the heavy rain of Typhoon # 19.
After that, the staff continued to search, and the decontaminated waste that was washed away was found in a bag about 1.3 km downstream of this month on the 21st of this month, but all the fallen leaves and weeds were washed away. .
It was about 1 cubic meter that was swept away and there was no effect on the surrounding air dose values.
The prefecture was struck by the typhoon and asked the city and towns in the prefecture to report on the status of disasters such as decontamination waste, but Nasu town contacted the prefecture on the 24th. There was no outflow. "
About this, Nasu-cho said, “The response to the disaster, such as the handling and disinfection of garbage from the typhoon, has been delayed, and the contact with the prefecture has been delayed. The situation of decontamination waste stored on the ground will be in the future I want to proceed with the confirmation. "
According to Tochigi Prefecture, there are still 8723 decontamination wastes stored in the prefecture, including public facilities and general residential sites, and 8188 of these are Nasu-cho.