Investor Presentaiton
Purification of radionuclides other than tritium
The existence of radionuclides itself is not an issue. What matter is the total radiation impact from all kinds of
radioactive materials in the water. The radiation level will be maintained below the regulatory standards to ensure the
safety of people and the environment.
➤ Regardless of the type of the facility (accident plants or operational reactors), the regulatory standards are set to
control the type of the total radiological impact of all the nuclides. (It is not a matter of nuclides or number of
nuclides, but the total radiological impact to human should be considered).
Before 2018, purified water contains radionuclides of the water which exceed the regulatory limit due to
operational condition (around 70% of all the tanks at the FDNPS (around 0. 87 M tons/1. 30M tons)). After 2019, all
of the water falls under the category i). These radionuclides other than tritium will be re-purified to below the
regulatory standard by using ALPS again before the discharge.
i) 30%: Purified below the
regulatory standards except for
tritium
ii) 70%: Radioactive materials in addition to tritium exist more than
regulatory standard values*
Nuclides other than tritium
Nuclides also found in water from
operating NPPS
*All of the water purified after 2019 falls under the category i).
Ref. The results of re-purification performance test (TEPCO, 2020)
Ratio to each regulatory standard value
Before Re-purify After Re-purify
Cobalt, Manganese, etc.
Type of nuclides
Nuclides found in water from accident
plants (or reprocessing plants)
Cobalt-60
Cesium, Strontium, lodine, etc.
Cesium-137
Strontium-90
lodine-129
Sum of the all
All of the above nuclides including nuclides found
only in accident plants will be re-purified to meet
the regulatory standards other than tritium.
Furthermore, it will be diluted more than 100 times
before discharge.
nuclides other than
tritium
0.18
0.0017
6.7
0.0021
2155
0.0012
3.3
0.13
2406
0.35
To be diluted more than 100 times further: ~0.0035
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