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Japan to construct ice wall to stem Fukushima radioactive water
2013-09-03 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Japan's government is to spend almost $500m (320m) in an attempt to contain leaks and decontaminate highly toxic water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The measures, announced on Tuesday, come as the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), struggles to prevent leaks into the Pacific Ocean and to find a way to contain and treat the huge volume of water that has accumulated at the site since it was hit by a tsunami in March 2011. The decision is widely seen as a safety appeal...
Japan to fund Fukushima ice wall
2013-09-03 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Japan is to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into building a frozen wall around the Fukushima nuclear plant to stop leaks of radioactive water. Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said an estimated 47bn yen ($473m, 304m) would be allocated. The leaks were getting worse and the government "felt it was essential to become involved to the greatest extent possible", Mr Suga said. The plant was crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The disaster knocked out cooling systems to...
Japan finally gets serious about cleaning up Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by tsunami
2013-09-03 05:40:30| Energy - Topix.net
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Japan to spend up to $500 million to fix Fukushima nuclear crisis
2013-09-03 03:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan is set to pledge up to $500 million to contain leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with the government stepping up its intervention in the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter of a century. Trade and Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said late on Monday the government would fund "tens of billions" of yen to address the water crisis after the embattled operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co, said it had found another radiation hot spot at the...
Japan to spend 40 billion yen to treat radioactive water at Fukushima: Nikkei
2013-09-02 23:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Japan government plans to spend at least 40 billion yen ($402.60 million) to contain the leaking of radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the Nikkei newspaper said, citing government sources. The government is expected to announce on Tuesday a package of measures to deal with the crisis at the Tokyo Electric Power Co plant wrecked by an earthquake in 2011. The government intends to cover all the costs for freezing the soil around the reactors to prevent groundwater...
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