The Japanese government on Tuesday announced it would be allocating $473 million to help the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, TEPCO, build an ice wall to prevent water being used to cool it from poisoning the surrounding groundwater. Currently, it’s estimated that more than 79,000 gallons of contaminated water are leaking from the plant into the Pacific Ocean every day. However, the proposed ice wall would be at best a short-term solution to the troubled facility’s problems stemming from a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
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Ice Wall Offers Thin Hope for Fukushima Recovery
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. September 4, 2013 09:33 AMThe Japanese government on Tuesday announced it would be allocating $473 million to help the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, TEPCO, build an ice wall to prevent water being used to cool it from poisoning the surrounding groundwater. Currently, it’s estimated that more than 79,000 gallons of contaminated water are leaking from the plant into the Pacific Ocean every day. However, the proposed ice wall would be at best a short-term solution to the troubled facility’s problems stemming from a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.