ApocaDocs: Radioactive Fukushima groundwater rises above barrier

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Posted Sun Aug 4 2013: from Reuters, via Jennifer:


	Radioactive Fukushima groundwater rises above barrier - media http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1375580249 Radioactive groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has risen to levels above a barrier being built to contain it, highlighting the risk of an increasing amount of contaminated water reaching the sea, Japanese media reported on Saturday. One of Tepco's biggest challenges is trying to contain radioactive water that cools the reactors as it mixes with some 400 tonnes of fresh groundwater pouring into the plant daily. Tepco has been injecting a chemical into the ground to build barriers to contain the groundwater. But the method is only effective in solidifying the ground from 1.8 meters below the surface, whereas data from test wells shows the contaminated water has risen to one metre below the surface, the Asahi said.

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