Fukushima - an Ice Wall

 How to Build an Ice Wall Around a Leaking Nuclear Reactor

Underground 'ice wall' was approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority

It will freeze soil around four reactors at Fukushima power plant in Japan

Aims to prevent radioactive water from escaping and block groundwater

Project will cost Japanese Government an estimated 32billion yen (£186m)

Workers from Tokyo Electric Power Co will start building wall next month


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How to Build an Ice Wall Around a Leaking Nuclear Reactor - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic

 Japan’s nuclear authority will allow Fukushima's nuclear power plant operator, TEPCO, to build an underground ice wall isolating radioactive water build-up. This is despite earlier concerns that the wall might cause the ground to sink.

 http://rt.com/news/162100-fukushima-ice-wall-tepco/