China News Service, July 2nd. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report on the 1st, Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company recently announced that the containers used to store nuclear waste in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were corroded or dented. As many as 548.
Data map: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
According to reports, in March, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant discovered that the amount of nuclear radiation in the nuclear waste storage area was abnormal. It was later confirmed that a container storing nuclear waste had been corroded and leaked.
From April 15th, TEPCO began to inspect a total of 5,338 containers containing nuclear waste with the same degree of pollution.
As of June 30, inspections of 3,467 containers have been completed. Of these, 272 have been corroded and 276 have been dented.
TEPCO stated that they have used tape containing glass fiber to repair the problematic container.
He also said that affected by this, the inspection work originally planned to be completed at the end of June will be postponed to the end of July.
On March 11, 2011, the "March 11" Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in Japan, which triggered a huge tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster, which killed tens of thousands of people and displaced a large number of local residents.