Fukushima Radiated Water May Overflow Trenches

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Radioactive water accumulating in Japan’s crippled Fukushima plant may start overflowing from service trenches in five days, potentially increasing the contamination from the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
Link Removed - Invalid URL Electric Power Co. has been manually pumping water into overheating reactors after cooling systems broke down and much of that has overflowed into basements and trenches. The water is rising at a rate that means it will overflow as early as June 6, Bloomberg calculations from the company’s data show.
“There is still the risk of radioactive water leaking into the sea,” Hikaru Kuroda, an official at the utility known as Tepco, said yesterday in Tokyo. The company is seeking additional storage space to move the water from trenches to reduce the risk, he said.
Almost 60 percent of Japanese adults worry they’ve been contaminated since Fukushima started emitting radiation almost three months ago, according to a Pew Research Center poll. The poll shows at least 80 percent of the population is dissatisfied with the response from Tepco and the government of Prime Minister Link Removed - Invalid URL, who faces a no-confidence vote today.
Fukushima Radiated Water May Overflow Trenches - Bloomberg
 
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