Fukushima Open Thread Wed - 4/6

Posted by JoulesBurn on April 6, 2011 - 11:19am Topic: Environment/Sustainability The theme for the day is unintended consequences, or perhaps the lesser of evils. A fix of sorts is applied for an acute problem, but the fix creates new problems. After trying for several days, Tepco finally stopped the gushing of radioactive water into the sea. Sort of. On Tuesday, the plant operator drilled a hole into a layer of gravel around the pit, and poured a hardening agent called liquid glass, or sodium silicate, to stop the leak of highly radioactive water into the sea. Meanwhile, TEPCO is continuing to release about 8,000 tons of wastewater contaminated with low-level radiation into the sea to make room in storage tanks for highly contaminated water. It says about 6,000 tons of water have already been released. http://www.theoildrum.com/