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Tepco seeks OK to flush tainted water to sea

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. asked regulators Aug. 11 for permission to build a facility to dump radiation-tainted groundwater from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant into the sea after filtration, sources said.

Tepco filed the application with the Secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation Authority after briefing local officials on the plan. It wants to start pumping the filtered groundwater on a trial basis.

Tepco plans to lay pipes at the plant to direct the water to the compound’s seaport. (Kyodo)

東電、汚染水の排出設備許可を申請

東京電力は８月11日、福島第１原子力発電所で発生した放射能汚染地下水を、ろ過した後に海へ排出する設備の設置を原子力規制委員会に申請した。

The Japan Times ST: August 22, 2014