Guardian: “The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has radiation leaks strong enough to deliver a fatal dose within hours, Japanese authorities have revealed, as the government prepares to step in to help contain leaks of highly toxic water at the site.” “On Wednesday the country’s nuclear regulation authority said radiation readings near water storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have increased to a new high, with emissions above the ground near one group of tanks were as high as 2,200 millisieverts [mSv] per hour – a rise of 20% from the previous high.
…Officials are conducting a feasibility study into the frozen wall, with completion expected by March 2015. Although the technology isn’t new, the scale of the Fukushima Daiichi project is unprecedented for an atomic facility.
….(PM) Abe, who will make Tokyo’s final pitch in the city’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aries this weekend, added: “I will be explaining to the IOC that in seven years’ time, 2020, it will not be a problem at all.”
…Officials are conducting a feasibility study into the frozen wall, with completion expected by March 2015. Although the technology isn’t new, the scale of the Fukushima Daiichi project is unprecedented for an atomic facility.
….(PM) Abe, who will make Tokyo’s final pitch in the city’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aries this weekend, added: “I will be explaining to the IOC that in seven years’ time, 2020, it will not be a problem at all.”
