Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), who own and operate the troubled Dai-ichi (Big One) nuclear power facility in Fukushima-ken (Fukushima Prefecture) that was badly damaged on March 11 after a 9.0 Magnitude caused a massive tsunami, has told Japan that it is taking steps to prevent typhoons from undermining its efforts to defuse the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
Those actions include:
Those actions include:
- Using ropes to fasten hoses needed for the transfer of contaminatedwater from the turbine buildings of the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors to acentral waste treatment facility;
- TEPCO strengthening the ropes mooring a megafloat on which it plans to store contaminated water;
- A pump truck used to channel water into the temporary storage pool for spent nuclear fuel rods at the No. 4 reactor building will be moved away from the facility, and its arms will be retracted to prevent the vehicle from toppling;
- To prevent wind and rain from spreading radioactive materials adhered to the exterior of the turbine building of reactor No. 1, TEPCO has sprayed 13,500 liters of antiscattering agents on the walls using a water cannon truck owned by the Tokyo Fire Department.
