TEPCO Orders Second Kurion Mobile Processing System

The Tokyo Electric Power Company has ordered a second mobile processing system from Kurion to help with the water treatment at the Fukushima Daii-chi cleanup site, Kurion announced today. The company had delivered its first mobile processing system for the removal of strontium in October, and since its start date, the technology has exceeded performance targets, Kurion said. “We are honored to be entrusted by TEPCO build to build and deliver a second mobile system to remove strontium from the tank water at the Fukushima Daii-chi Nuclear Power Plant site,” Kurion President and Founder John Raymont said in a statement. “The successful performance of the first mobile processing system demonstrates that our novel, at-tank approach is effective and can help improve the safety of the site by reducing strontium levels. Our ability to deliver a system of this sophistication on an expected basis of less than three months is a tribute to our employees and fabrication partner, HiLine Engineering and Fabrication.”

 

The second system is expected to be in operation in mid-January. The company previously provided treatment at the cleanup site to remove cesium from groundwater back in 2011, and its system has processed about 240,000 cubic meters of water and is responsible for removing nearly 70 percent of all cesium activity at the site to date. According to Kurion, its initial mobile processing system has already processed approximately 11,000 metric tons of water with a 99.5 percent strontium removal rate.