Closing in on Leaks (NHK video)

January 31, 2014

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/newsline/201401311305.html

 TEPCO is discovering more damage at the reactor containment vessel (No.1 reactor)

In November, crews using a robot equipped with camera discovered two leaks in the containment vessel

Estimates : 3 tons of water leaking every hour + 1 ton leaking from elsewhere

TEPCO is going to check the suppression chamber too.

At the same time the operator is trying to control the leaking waste water on the site. They are to dig a hole to test strontium absorbent (used in the US at Hanford) but some fear that the absorbent will be less efficient due to the salt in the water.