Fukushima: Tsunami from typhoon may hit nuclear plant, cause possible radioactive cesium release

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A tsunami from Typhoon Phanfone may cause a release of radioactive cesium at the distressed Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant. The tsunami could reach a height of 26.3 meters, or over 86 feet, according to TEPCO. The 2011 tsunami that crippled the plant was smaller, only 15.5 meters, about 50 feet.

Japan Times
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has warned its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant could be hit by tsunami as high as 26.3 meters.

The deluge would likely cause seawater to mingle with the radiation-tainted water accumulating in the basements of the reactor buildings at the six-unit plant, allowing 100 trillion becquerels of cesium to escape, according to an estimate that Tepco revealed Friday at a meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority.

Tepco said a tsunami of that size occurs once every 10,000 to 100,000 years.

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