Bag of decontamination waste flows into river Fukushima Tamura Oct. 13 14:40
Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture announced that bags containing waste from decontamination flowed into the river due to heavy typhoon No. 19 on the evening of the 12th. Although the city has collected 6 bags, some have flowed downstream.
According to Tamura City, around 9:20 on the night of the 12th, at the temporary storage area in the city's metropolitan area, the patrol of the multiple bags containing waste from the decontamination flowed into the Kodogawa River through the waterway. Found an affiliated company.
The person in charge of Tamura City who was contacted searched up to about 500 meters downstream and recovered 6 bags.
Tamura City says that no waste came out of the collected bags.
The bags contain grass and trees from the decontamination work, and weigh from several hundred kilograms to one ton per bag.
Tamura City says there is no big impact on the environment even if it flows into the river.
Because it is unknown how many bags have flowed, Tamura City has decided that it may have flowed downstream, check the bag management ledger and the situation at the site, and proceed with the collection work .