{"id":14813,"date":"2015-11-26T07:43:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T12:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14813"},"modified":"2015-11-26T07:43:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T12:43:07","slug":"fukushima-protective-groundwater-wall-slightly-leaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14813","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima protective groundwater wall \u2018slightly leaning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"article__heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/323500-fukushima-protective-wall-leaning\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fukushima protective groundwater wall \u2018slightly leaning\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"article__date\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__short-url\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media  \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__item \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2015.11\/original\/56568190c46188711f8b45d1.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 The Japan Times\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_arcticle\">\u00a9 The Japan Times \/ YouTube<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__share\">\n<div class=\"addthis_sharing_toolbox\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/323500-fukushima-protective-wall-leaning\/\" data-title=\"Fukushima protective groundwater wall \u2018slightly leaning\u2019 \u2014 RT News\">\n<div id=\"atstbx\" class=\"at-share-tbx-element addthis_32x32_style addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__summary summary \">Completed only last month and designed to prevent contaminated groundwater from seeping into the sea, a 780-meter protective wall built alongside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power station is already \u201cslightly leaning,\u201d plant operator TEPCO has announced.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<div class=\"article__tags-trends\">\n<div class=\"tags-trends\"><span class=\"tags-trends__heading\">Trends<\/span><a class=\"tags-trends__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/trends\/fukushima-nuclear-disaster\/\" rel=\"trend\">Fukushima nuclear disaster<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tokyo Electric Power Company inspection discovered that pressure from the flow of groundwater has tilted the wall some 20cm towards the sea, Japan\u2019s largest broadcasting organization NHK World reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Y_S-_Q_m78\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>TEPCO however remains optimistic and has said that the slight lean does not affect the wall\u2019s ability to block radioactive water. The operator is now reinforcing the wall with steel pillars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<div class=\"read-more__title\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/320319-fukushima-deadly-radiation-dosage-94sv\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/img.rt.com\/files\/2015.10\/thumbnail\/56341fd3c3618870668b45e5.jpg\" alt=\"General aerial view of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture. \u00a9\u00a0Kyodo\" \/><span class=\"read-more__footer\">Record radiation at Fukushima power plant could kill person in under 1 hour \u2013 reports<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Inspection into the construction was completed in late October and also discovered cracks along the perimeter of the wall in the embankment\u2019s pavement. Officials have blamed rising groundwater levels for the cracks \u2013 and keep repairing them to make sure that rain does not increase the groundwater levels even further.<\/p>\n<p>The 780-meter coastal wall along the damaged reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was built to stifle the flow of tainted water into the sea from 400 tons to 10 tons a day.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>\u201cimpermeable\u201d<\/em>\u00a0barrier has an underground section that reaches 30 meters deep. TEPCO officials have claimed that such a structure should reduce the amount of radioactive cesium and strontium flowing into the sea to one fortieth of previous levels, while the tritium levels should be reduced to one-fifteenth.<\/p>\n<p>A magnitude 9 earthquake triggered a tsunami that struck Fukushima on March 11, 2011. The disaster caused a triple meltdown at the nuclear plant, where so far almost 45,000 workers have been involved in a clean-up and decommissioning effort that is expected to cost billions of dollars and take at least 40 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukushima protective groundwater wall \u2018slightly leaning\u2019 \u00a9 The Japan Times \/ YouTube Completed only last month and designed to prevent contaminated groundwater from seeping into the sea, a 780-meter protective wall built alongside the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power station is already \u201cslightly leaning,\u201d plant operator TEPCO has announced. 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