Saturday, June 18, 2011

System to treat Japan nuke plant’s radioactive water halted hours after full operations begin - The Washington Post

TOKYO — A system to clean massive amounts of contaminated water at the site of Japan’s nuclear disaster was shut down Saturday, just hours after it began full operations, because a component filled with radioactivity much more quickly than expected.

Tokyo Electric Power Co., which operates the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, is investigating the cause and isn’t sure when it will restart the system, company spokesman Junichi Matsumoto said.

System to treat Japan nuke plant’s radioactive water halted hours after full operations begin - The Washington Post

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