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IAEA report confirms safety of discharged Fukushima water
An International Atomic Energy Agency task force has confirmed that the discharge of treated water from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is proceeding in line with international safety standards. The task force’s findings were published in the agency’s fourth report since Tokyo Electric Power Company began discharging Fukushima’s treated and diluted water in August 2023.
More information can be found on the IAEA’s Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Treated Water Discharge web page.
K. Furutachi et al.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 343-345
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16949
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In the tandem mirror GAMMA 10, a gold neutral beam probe (GNBP) has been developed to measure the local electrostatic potential and electric field of the central plasma. The potentials at two points of which separation is about 1cm can be measured simultaneously with high time resolution. The estimation error of the potential is reduced to be ±15V using a new fitting function for the secondary beam profile. The electric field of the plasma maintained by ICRF only (~240 kW) is a little negative (about -5 V/cm), and it increased by about 20 V/cm and became positive due to the plug ECH with the power of 300 kW.
