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The thread centers on reports that Fukushima Daiichi’s damaged Unit 1 spent-fuel/radioactive waste storage at the plant would soon reach capacity due to diverted contaminated floodwater, and that TEPCO plans to temporarily suspend further diversion until mid-June while awaiting a new water treatment facility. The key question implied by the posts is whether the diversion strategy and treatment/storage timeline (including a temporary tank not expected until early July) is sufficient to prevent overflow. Overall sentiment is concerned and cautionary, reflecting the urgent capacity constraints and uncertainty around the remediation schedule.

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A nuclear waste disposal facility at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant will be filled up in several days with radioactive floodwater diverted from near its No. 2 and 3 reactors, officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant's operator, said Monday.


The operator, known as TEPCO, plans to suspend the diversion until the middle of June once the facility becomes filled with the contaminated water, to wait for a new water treatment facility to begin operating.


While a temporary storage tank is also being prepared, its installation would take until around early July, according to the officials.
Tainted water storage soon to reach capacity at Fukushima plant | Kyodo News