Case Study

Water Decontamination at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Water Decontamination at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

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Background The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is located in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. In March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake caused a tsunami to flood the plant and seawater was retained within the sub-basement on the plant site. Failure of the cooling systems increased temperatures in the fuel rods, which resulted in the release of fission products into cooling water that subsequently flowed to the sub-basement. Accumulation of

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