{"id":64153,"date":"2022-11-17T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64153"},"modified":"2022-11-17T07:58:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:58:00","slug":"11-years-later-fate-of-fukushima-reactor-cleanup-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64153","title":{"rendered":"11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"CardHeadline Component-cardHeadlineContainer-0-2-29\">\n<div class=\"Component-headline-0-2-33\" data-key=\"card-headline\">\n<h3 class=\"Component-heading-0-2-34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-business-japan-explosions-tsunamis-29856c614e4b88018cf1ec857fe1bcbd#lak3usvmdo41d7ypj3i\">11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"placeholder-0-2-49 \" data-key=\"media-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-0-2-50 image-3-0-2-133\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/afs-prod\/media\/65c564be82684eff94fcc19774ce3566\/1000.jpeg\" alt=\"Tanks storing treated radioactive water after it was used to cool the melted fuel are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, run by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 3, 2022. The government has announced plans to release the water after treatment and dilution to well below the legally releasable levels through a planned undersea tunnel at a site about 1 kilometer offshore.  (AP Photo\/Hiro Komae)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1300\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"count-caption Component-countCaption-0-2-42\">\n<div class=\"ImageGalleryCount\">Tanks storing treated radioactive water after it was used to cool the melted fuel are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, run by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 3, 2022. The government has announced plans to release the water after treatment and dilution to well below the legally releasable levels through a planned undersea tunnel at a site about 1 kilometer offshore. (AP Photo\/Hiro Komae)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article\" data-key=\"article\">\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-64 p Component-p-0-2-55\">OKUMA, Japan (AP) \u2014 Eleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plant now looks like a sprawling construction site. Most of the radioactive debris blasted by the hydrogen explosions has been cleared and the torn buildings have been fixed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-64 p Component-p-0-2-55\">During a recent visit by journalists from The Associated Press to see firsthand the cleanup of one of the world\u2019s worst nuclear meltdowns, helmeted men wore regular work clothes and surgical masks, instead of previously required hazmat coveralls and full-face masks, as they dug near a recently reinforced oceanside seawall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-64 p Component-p-0-2-55\">Workers were preparing for the planned construction of an Olympic pool-sized shaft for use in a highly controversial plan set to begin in the spring of 2023 to gradually get rid of treated radioactive water \u2014 now exceeding 1.3 million tons stored in 1,000 tanks \u2014 so officials can make room for other facilities needed for the plant\u2019s decommissioning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-64 p Component-p-0-2-55\">Despite the progress, massive amounts of radioactive melted fuel remain inside of the reactors. There\u2019s worry about the fuel because so much about its condition is still unknown, even to officials in charge of the cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain Tanks storing treated radioactive water after it was used to cool the melted fuel are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, run by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 3, 2022. 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