Japan’s Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 rises 18 cm in the first basement level
Investigation of causes, such as related to the earthquake
Reporter Yoon Yeo-jin [email protected]
Input: 2021-03-11 18:28:17Revision: 2021-03-11 18:29:26Posted: 2021-03-11 18:30:16 (p. 11)
In the 10th year of the Great East Japan Earthquake, one of Japan’s worst natural disasters, people commemorate the victims in front of the sea in Hisanohama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on the 11th. AFP Yonhap News
It was found that the water level inside the reactor building of the No. 3 nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, where a radioactive material leakage accident occurred due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, which is regarded as Japan’s worst natural disaster, has risen.
According to NHK on the 11th, the water level in the space called the “triangular corner” on the first basement floor of the reactor building of Unit 3 has risen from the morning of the 9th. TEPCO announced that it has increased by about 18cm as of 9 am on the 10th.
TEPCO is investigating the cause of the rise in water levels, including whether it is related to the 7.3 earthquake that occurred off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on the 13th of last month. It also plans to use a pump to transfer this water to other spaces in the reactor building. Tokyo Electric Power said, “No special numerical changes have been observed at the monitoring equipment installation point at the nuclear power plant or at the radioactive substance measurement equipment in seawater.”
Meanwhile, on this day, the Japanese government held a memorial service to commemorate the souls of the victims and released a message at the Tokyo Metropolitan National Theater in the 10th year of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi expressed his intention to make further efforts to abolish import restrictions on domestic foods through a speech. According to the Mainichi Newspaper, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, including Korea, maintain strong regulations such as suspension of imports.
Prior to this, the Japanese government began searching for missing persons, focusing on the coastal area. The Great East Japan Earthquake struck the coastal area with a massive earthquake of 9.0, the largest ever observed on March 11, 2011, resulting in a catastrophe in which 16,000 people died and 2,500 people disappeared. Reporter Yoon Yeo-jin, some Yonhap News