Posted on 09/19/2013 4:00:00 AM PDT by SteveH
Even geography is working against Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the government in their struggle to deal with the persistent problem of radiation-contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
The site receives so much groundwater that special equipment--rendered useless by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami--was set up to prevent the plant’s buildings from floating on the continuous flow.
The most pressing problem is stopping the groundwater from entering the plant’s reactor buildings, becoming contaminated and spilling into the sea. But it is far from the only obstacle in the roadmap to decommission the reactors at the stricken plant.
TEPCO still does not know all the details of how and where groundwater is entering the buildings. Also in the dark about the full extent of the problem, the central government has stepped in and is resorting to unprecedented measures with potential pitfalls.
An estimated 800 to 1,000 tons of groundwater flows daily in the direction of the Fukushima plant buildings, a volume much larger than those at other nuclear plants.
(Excerpt) Read more at ajw.asahi.com ...
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There is a concentrated effort to minimize public discussion and disclosure of Fukushima’s global RADIATION impact. Doubters and nay-sayers abound on FR.
Discuss all you want, just don’t use a map of wave heights as if it were a radiation chart.
What is the best current Pacific Ocean radiologic impact analysis?
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