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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Japanese Crews Scramble to Contain Radioactive Water at Nuclear Plant

Japanese Crews Scramble to Contain Radioactive Water at Nuclear Plant
Julie Makinen and Ralph Vartabedian, The Los Angeles Times: "Japanese emergency crews are scrambling to contain rising levels of extremely radioactive water that has leaked into tunnels and basement equipment rooms at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, putting up dangerous new obstacles to workers trying to bring the reactors under control. Workers were using sandbags and concrete panels Tuesday in a desperate attempt to prevent the contaminated water from further spreading through the plant or into the nearby soil and ocean."
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