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High-priced Fukushima ice wall nears completion, but effectiveness doubtful via The Mainichi

Posted on 2017/08/17 by nfield

A subterranean ice wall surrounding the nuclear reactors at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant to block groundwater from flowing in and out of the plant buildings has approached completion. 【Related】Concern as leaky ‘ice wall’ around Fukushima nuke … Continue reading →

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Radioactive water leaks from storage tank at Fukushima plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/10/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The latest contaminated water leak at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant occurred at a flange-type storage tank, whose seams are connected by bolts. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Up to 32 liters of radioactive water leaked from a storage … Continue reading →

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“Ice wall” around Fukushima nuclear plant melts in 2 places following powerful typhoons via Manilla Bulletin

Posted on 2016/09/04 by norma field

TOKYO — The frozen soil wall built around the crippled Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant have melted in two places following recent powerful typhoons, local media reported Friday, raising concerns over effect of the approach adopted by the Tokyo Electric Power … Continue reading →

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Japan’s $320 Million Gamble at Fukushima: An Underground Ice Wall via The New York Times

Posted on 2016/08/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Built by the central government at a cost of 35 billion yen, or some $320 million, the ice wall is intended to seal off the reactor buildings within a vast, rectangular-shaped barrier of man-made permafrost. If it becomes successfully … Continue reading →

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Panel: TEPCO’s ‘ice wall’ failing at Fukushima nuclear plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/08/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s “frozen wall of earth” has failed to prevent groundwater from entering the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, and the utility needs a new plan to address the problem, experts said. An expert panel with the … Continue reading →

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AP Interview: Fukushima plant’s new ice wall not watertight via AP

Posted on 2016/05/24 by norma field

TOKYO (AP) — Coping with the vast amounts of ground water flowing into the broken Fukushima nuclear plant — which then becomes radiated and seeps back out — has become such a problem that Japan is building a 35 billion … Continue reading →

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Fukushima No. 1 plant’s ice wall won’t be watertight, says chief architect via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/04/29 by norma field

Coping with the vast amounts of groundwater flowing into the broken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant — which then becomes irradiated and seeps back out — has become such a problem that the country is building a ¥35 billion “ice … Continue reading →

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Ice wall at Fukushima plant switched on, but will it work? via AP

Posted on 2016/03/31 by norma field

Q. WHAT IS AN ICE WALL? A. Engineers installed 1,550 underground refrigeration pipes designed to create a 1.5-kilometer (0.9-mile) barrier of frozen soil around four damaged reactor buildings and their turbines to control groundwater flowing into the area and prevent … Continue reading →

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Tepco unable to halt tainted water flowing into tunnels at Fukushima via Japan Times

Posted on 2014/11/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tokyo Electric Power Co. appears unable to stem the flow of radioactive water from the No. 2 reactor building to underground tunnels at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, officials said. Tepco has injected cement into the joints that connect … Continue reading →

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TEPCO faces hurdles in construction of ice walls to block flow of contaminated water　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/07/09 by norma field

An ambitious plan by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to halt the seepage of contaminated water at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has hit a major glitch: “ice walls” have failed to form in underground trenches. TEPCO workers … Continue reading →

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