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Japan: Fukushima's Radioactive Water Leak: What You Should Know
2013-08-07 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Tensions are rising in Japan over radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, a breach that has defied the plant operator's effort to gain control. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday called the matter an urgent issue and ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up, following an admission by Tokyo Electric Power Company that water is seeping past an underground barrier it attempted to create in the soil. The head of...
Fukushima water leak 'emergency'
2013-08-05 17:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Japan's nuclear watchdog has said the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is facing a new "emergency" caused by a build-up of radioactive groundwater. A barrier built to contain the water could be breached in three weeks, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority warned. This meant the amount of contaminated water seeping into the Pacific Ocean could accelerate rapidly, it said. There has been spate of water leaks and power failures at the plant, devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Its...
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Leak compromises NID water delivery system
2013-07-02 09:07:36| Energy - Topix.net
Photo for The Union by John Hart On Sunday afternoon, a leak appeared in the South Yuba Canal off Zeibright Road, which siphons water from upper elevation reservoirs, compromising NID's ability to deliver water to their customers throughout western Nevada County.
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Japan: Water leak at Fukushima nuclear plant
2013-06-06 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Radioactive water is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's Fukushima plant, its operator says. Nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said a worker discovered the leak on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Tepco also announced that it had found radioactive caesium in ground water around the plant. The plant was damaged in an earthquake and tsunami in 2011, and has been hit by several leaks and power failures in recent months. Hundreds of huge water tanks have been constructed...
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Another contaminated water leak at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
2013-06-05 09:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said it had found another leak of contaminated water on Wednesday, piling pressure on the utility to curb the problem as it seeks permission to release water to the sea. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami more than two years ago, triggering nuclear reactor meltdowns and explosions. Tokyo Electric Power, or Tepco, said a worker patrolling the area spotted the leak just after noon, with...
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