Novembre 2017 / The Asahi Shimbun

Fukushima ’ice wall’ linchpin not living up to high hopes

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

November 26, 2017 at 17:05 JST

The Asahi Shimbun

Although 34.5 billion yen ($309 million) in taxpayer money has funded an "ice wall" to keep out groundwater from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant site, the frozen barrier may not be meeting hopes and expectations.

In particular, the wall has been vulnerable to heavy rain brought by typhoons.

Reducing the volume of radiation-contaminated water is vital to proceeding with the removal (...)

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