Radioactive Fukushima groundwater rises above barrier being built to contain it

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It's probably nothing.

TOKYO (Reuters) – 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.

The Asahi newspaper, citing data from a Friday meeting of a task force working on the Fukushima clean-up at Japan’s nuclear regulator, estimated that the contaminated water could swell to the ground surface within three weeks.

The latest revelation underscores the hurdles facing Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) 2-1/2 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima plant, triggering the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.


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The Asahi noted that Tepco would need to pump out about 100 metric tons of water each day to prevent leakage into the ocean but that it was not clear where the water would be stored. More than 85 percent of its 380,000 metric tons of storage capacity is already filled, and Tepco has acknowledged it could run out of space.

Well, that's comforting.



At least we can rest assured that the people on this problem are stalwart and true.

Last month Tepco reversed months of denials and acknowledged that radioactive water has been leaking into the ocean.

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Okay, well, probably much ado about nothing then.


In unrelated news, giant lizard attacks Tokyo.