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Japan Intervenes to Help Urgent Clean-Up of Leaking Fukushima Plant
2013-08-08 08:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: First, a rat gnawed through exposed wiring, setting off a scramble to end yet another blackout of vital cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Then, hastily built pits for a flood of contaminated water sprang leaks themselves. Now, a new rush of radioactive water has breached a barrier built to stop it, allowing heavily contaminated water to spill daily into the Pacific. As the scope of the latest crisis became clearer on Wednesday, Japans popular prime minister, Shinzo Abe, ordered...
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