Tokyo Electric Power Co. is fast running out of places to stash highly radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and may soon be unable to prevent leaks into the ocean.
About 744 tons of water a day was being pumped into the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 reactors as of May 22.
Some of that is evaporating into the atmosphere, but most appears to be ending up in pools of radioactive water at the plant.
TEPCO has been trying to contain that water by transferring it to storage areas around the site, but the containers for the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors are expected to reach full capacity in about four and three days, respectively. ...
Fukushima radioactive water discharges to ocean may resume in three days
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