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Japan: Fukushima's Radioactive Water Leak: What You Should Know
2013-08-07 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Tensions are rising in Japan over radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a breach that has defied the plant operator's effort to gain control. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday called the matter an urgent issue and ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up, following an admission by Tokyo Electric Power Company that water is seeping past an underground barrier it attempted to create in the soil. The head of...
Radioactive water may overflow at Japan plant
2013-08-06 14:15:30| Energy - Topix.net
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Tuesday it is struggling with its latest efforts to stop contaminated underground water leaks from running into the sea.
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Fukushima radioactive water likely breached barrier: panel head
2013-08-05 10:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an "emergency" that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country's nuclear watchdog said on Monday. This contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier, is rising toward the surface and is exceeding legal limits of radioactive discharge, Shinji Kinjo, head of a Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) task force, told Reuters. Countermeasures planned by Tokyo...
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Japan: Doubts cast over TEPCO's plan to block radioactive water at Fukushima plant
2013-08-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asahi Shimbun: After nearly 30 months of failure, Tokyo Electric Power Co. is still providing little reason for confidence in its ability to deal with the radioactive water leaking at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The utility continues to face criticism for its delay in releasing vital information about conditions at the crippled plant. Fishermen and residents have lost patience over the many setbacks in TEPCOs preparations to decommission the reactors. And now, the Nuclear Regulation Authority is raising...
Japan plant likely leaking radioactive water into sea
2013-07-22 17:21:31| Energy - Topix.net
A Japanese utility said Monday its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is likely leaking contaminated water into sea, acknowledging for the first time a problem long suspected by experts.