Testing of components in the facility for processing the radioactive water has begun. June 15 is the target date for it to begin operations. The facility will remove the radioactive cesium and flocculate other radioactive substances with a capacity of 1200 tons/day. The plant is collecting 500 tons/day from the constant injection of water into the reactors. The current inventory of water for processing is 105,000 tons. Without any additional water processing taking place, it will take over 100 days to process the water already collected. Some of the processed water will be injected back into the reactor, but there will be a surplus of processed water which will need to be stored.
Remote controlled equipment continues to be used to cleanup debris on the site. The debris needs to be surveyed for radioactivity because when hydrogen explosions scattered contaminated materials from the reactor buildings. There are guidelines for the disposal of radioactive materials which are based on the level and type of radioactivity which makes the cleanup effort more difficult.
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