Water Level Rises At Part Of Fukushima Plant
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says the water level in a section of the basement of one of the reactor buildings has been rising since Tuesday.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says the water level at the so-called triangular corner on the first basement floor of the No.3 reactor building had risen by about 18 centimeters as of 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
The firm says it plans to pump up some of the water and move it to another space inside the building on Thursday to adjust the water level.
It also plans to investigate what caused the water level to rise, including a possible connection with an earthquake that occurred on February 13.
After the quake, the level of water in the containment vessel of the No.3 reactor had temporarily dropped. But the operator says it has since stabilized, and no major change had been observed as of 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
The firm also says there have been no abnormalities in the readings at monitoring posts in the compound or in measurements of radioactive concentrations in seawater.