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Tainted Water Poses New Risks at Japan Reactor

By MARTIN FACKLER | Apr 30, 2013

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are struggling to contain groundwater that is pouring into the plant’s reactor buildings by the minute.

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan); Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011); Water; Hazardous and Toxic Substances; 

"First, stop digging"

De-water the area by dropping the water table. 

Do this by driving a well field up hill from the damaged plants.

The water from the wells will be unexposed to reactor core material and can be disposed of to the sea without increased risk.

Reduce the volume of stored water by running it through a reverse osmosis

filtration unit.  Continuous monitoring can be done on the output stream. Dispose of the cleaned water by draining it to the sea.  The "brine" can be stored before or after further reduction by another pass.

Let the engineers work.

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