Voice of America: Fukushima Clean-up Turns Toxic for Japan's TEPCO

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Fukushima Clean-up Turns Toxic for Japan's TEPCO Jul 30th 2013, 21:42, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Two-and-a-half years after the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, the operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima plant faces a daunting array of unknowns.   Why the plant intermittently emits steam; how groundwater seeps into its basement; whether fixes to the cooling system will hold; how nearby groundwater is contaminated by radioactive matter; how toxic water ends up in the sea and how to contain water that could overwhelm the facility's storage tanks.   What is clear, ... Media files: F90BF9ED-5B8E-4A7F-AD3F-9719A613734E_cx0_cy16_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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