BREAKING: Fukushima Radioactive Water Treatment Halted.
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he start of a crucial operation to treat highly-radioactive water at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant was delayed again due to a series of equipment problems, the plant's operator said Sunday, in the latest setback in attempts to bring the three-month crisis under control.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) planned to begin a trial run of its new water treatment facility, supplied by France's Areva, on Friday, with an expected full start June 15 -- a plan that was already pushed back from the beginning of June.
But the embattled utility said Sunday that the discovery of leaks in the system Friday and a malfunctioning valve that controls the flow of water forced it to delay the tests.
Water treatment device
Water treatment device fixed
The equipment failure that has delayed the test of a system to treat highly radioactive water at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has apparently been resolved.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it will carry out a test-run after checking the equipment once more on Monday.
The problem occurred with a device made by the US-based Kurion company that removes radioactive cesium.
The utility had planned to start the test run to check the device's performance on Sunday, 2 days behind the original schedule.
But when the pumps were activated prior to the test run, one of the 4 systems that is designed to move 12 and a half tons of water per hour was found to be running very slowly.