Tepco to commence building ice wall between Fukushima reactor 2 and underground trench

Tepco to start installing frozen water wall between reactor 2 and underground trench next week http://fukushima-diary.com/2014/01/tepco-to-start-installing-frozen-water-wall-between-reactor2-and-underground-trench-next-week/  by Mochizuki on January 29th,Following up this article.. Highly contaminated water possibly leaking from reactor2 building to underground trench [URL] Tepco is going to start drilling to install the frozen water walls between reactor2 and underground trench next week. Highly contaminated retained water is assumed to be moving between reactor2 turbine building and underground trench, which may lead to the direct leakage of coolant water to the sea. They plan to complete installing frozen water packers into the holes by the end of March, and start pumping up retained water from underground trench this May.

TEPCO to create frozen walls to stop water leaks (01/28/2014) update

In seawater monitoring commission of NRA (Nuclear Regulation Authority) held of 1/27/2014, Tepco stated the installation operation is about 1 week behind because of the retained highly contaminated water.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7WhWYLdNNc

January 30, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized