Tepco Hires U.S. Company to Filter Water Stored at Fukushima
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-09/tepco-hires-us-company-to-filter-water-stored-in-fukushima-tanks.html
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) will deploy a second system to strip a dangerous isotope from water stored at its wrecked Fukushima nuclear facility, as it struggles to overcome problems with its existing water processor.
The utility known as Tepco has signed a contract with Kurion Inc. to remove strontium from about 400,000 metric tons of radioactive water stored at Fukushima using truck-mounted filters, the Irvine, California-based company said in a statement today.
Kurions equipment will be used alongside the sites ALPS processors, which have been prone to stoppages. The Toshiba Corp. system is designed to remove strontium, linked to bone cancer, and 61 other isotopes from water contaminated by contact with highly radioactive reactor fuel.
Strontium is the greatest emitter of radiation impacting site dose-rates, Kurion founder and President John Raymont said in the statement. So reducing strontium in tank water stored on-site will significantly improve worker safety and reduces the risk to the surrounding environment.