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Tons of radioactive water around Fukushma nuclear plant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDsSgVoJhuw  Japan Nuclear Engineer: “Mind-blowing… truly outrageous” — Many massive pools of contaminated water are spread around Fukushima plant http://enenews.com/japan-nuclear-engineer-mind-blowing-truly-outrageous-many-massive-pools-of-contaminated-water-are-spread-around-fukushima-plant
 November 12th, 2012 
Title: Japanese tread radioactive water, attempt damage control
Source: The Guilfordian
Author: Haejin Song
Date: Nov. 12, 2012

[…] “Water works well for this system since it has a very high capacity … and can be treated if it is contaminated,” said Angie Moore, associate professor of geology. “However, when there is a reactor accident like at the Fukushima, the systems that prevent nuclear contamination of the cooling water have failed and there is direct contact between the water and the radioactive material.”

Masashi Goto (Credit: Shunji Iwai)
[…]

“There are pools of some 10,000 or 20,000 tons of contaminated water in each plant, and there are many of these,” said nuclear engineer Masasahi Goto to news source Al Jazeera.

“To bring all these to one place would mean you would have to treat hundreds of thousands of tons of contaminated water which is mind-blowing in itself,” continued Goto. “It’s an outrageous amount, truly outrageous.” […]

Watch Goto’s presentation at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Japan here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDsSgVoJhuw

November 15, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima 2012, Resources -audiovicual