TEPCO considers net in nuke plant port to prevent irradiated fish from heading seaward
December 04, 2012
By MASAKAZU HONDA/ Staff Writer
Tokyo Electric Power Co. may string nets across its port at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to prevent fish contaminated with radiation from reaching the sea.
In surveys conducted through October, greenling caught in the littoral zone of the Otagawa river, about 20 kilometers north of the crippled plant, showed relatively low figures, with 1,350 becquerels per kilogram the maximum. Many greenlings had readings of around 100 becquerels.
But TEPCO also found in the port that species of Conger eel had 15,500 becquerels and other species of fish had 4,200 bequerels, sources said. Conger eels from outside the port posted 100 becquerels or lower.
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?We have been asking TEPCO to close the port after receiving data showing high levels of contamination,? said an official at a local fisheries cooperative. "There are openable nets that will allow dredgers to enter. TEPCO's response is too slow.?
