Sunday, August 25, 2013

Japan may dip into budget reserves to fight Fukushima toxic water

Worker walks in front of water tanks at TEPCO's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may use emergency reserve funds from this year's budget to help Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, deal with escalating radioactive water problems at the site. Tokyo Electric, or Tepco, acknowledged last week that hundreds of tonnes (1.1023 ton) of highly radioactive water had leaked from a tank, one of around 350 assembled quickly after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear meltdowns at the site. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/japan-may-dip-budget-reserves-fight-fukushima-toxic-055718725.html

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