TEPCO may consider dumping radioactive water into Pacific Ocean: IAEA

TEPCO may consider dumping radioactive water into Pacific Ocean: IAEA --Water containing tritium will keep rising, topping 700,000 tons in two years 04 Dec 2013 The head of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission in Japan monitoring the decommissioning process at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station said Wednesday that discharging contaminated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean might be an option for the plant's operator. The embattled utility firm, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), is struggling to contain massive influxes of contaminated water on a daily basis and must now weigh the risks of dumping excess radioactive water into the adjacent Pacific Ocean. Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, highlighted the fact that..the amount of water containing tritium will keep rising, topping 700,000 tons in two years.