Mars 2016 / AP

Containing Fukushima’s radioactive water may be 9-year fight

By MARI YAMAGUCHI

Mar. 8, 2016 4:12 AM EST

TOKYO (AP) — After battling radioactive water leaks for five years at Japan's crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, the utility that ran it says it will need another four to finish the job.

"We will bring an end to the problem by 2020," says Yuichi Okamura, who led the Tokyo Electric Power Co. team dealing with water at Fukushima from the early days to last summer.

The contaminated water, now exceeding 760,000 (…)

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