After a day of pumping, the level of radioactive water flooding unit 2 of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant dropped 2.3 centimeters – a modest start to pumping efforts expected to take at least five weeks.
Crews had run hoses from the basement of unit 2 to a nearby waste treatment building specially prepped for water storage and eventual treatment using equipment provided by Areva and Veolia Water. While unit 2 has taken priority because of high radiation readings in tunnels (…)