A new high-performance water treatment system has begun testing at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and is expected to boost water treatment capacity by 500 tons a day while reducing its radioactive waste output by 90 percent, according to a release from Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO).
Testing began Oct. 18 and consists of running the high-performance ALPS for six hours a day, increasing operations to 24 hours a day after the first week or so. It will augment the existing ALPS systems which was installed in October 2012. Rather than producing the slurry waste of the older systems, the new system uses a filter.
When fully operational it is expected to raise total water treatment capacity to 2,000 tons per day. TEPCO expects the system to reduce the storage of highly contaminated water on the site, specifically strontium to non-detectable levels, which will reduce the risk of leakage and protect the safety of workers.
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