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September 6, 2013

Japan hopes $320M ice wall will hold leaking radioactive groundwater at crippled reactor site

  • It will take two years to build the subterranean ice wall and a related $150 million water treatment plant.
  • By MARI YAMAGUCHI
    Associated Press

    TOKYO — The Japanese government announced Tuesday that it will spend $470 million on a subterranean ice wall and other steps in a desperate bid to stop leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant after repeated failures by the plant's operator.

    The decision is widely seen as an attempt to show that the nuclear accident won't be a safety concern just days before the International Olympic Committee chooses among Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid as the host of the 2020 Olympics.


     
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