Japan suspends waste water nuclear operation

Japan suspends waste water nuclear operation
Tokyo (AFP) June 18, 2011 - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Saturday halted an operation to clean highly contaminated waste water at a crippled Japanese nuclear plant due to higher-than-expected radiation levels. The embattled operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi facility said it had suspended the procedure just hours after it started because a new part was needed, adding that it did not know when it would resume. P ... more

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