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Doubts over ice wall keep Fukushima safe from damaged nuclear reactors
2014-07-13 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In fading light and just a stone's throw from the most terrifying scenes during Japan's worst nuclear accident, engineers resumed their race against time to defeat the next big threat: thousands of tonnes of irradiated water. If all goes to plan, by next March Fukushima Daiichi's four damaged reactors will be surrounded by an underground frozen wall that will be a barrier between highly toxic water used to cool melted fuel inside reactor basements and clean groundwater flowing in from surrounding...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical