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Tepco 'struggling' with toxic flow at No. 1 plant

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Aug. 6 it is struggling in its latest efforts to stop radioactive groundwater from flowing into the sea at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

Tepco said some of the water is getting over or around "chemical walls" it created by injecting chemicals into the soil that solidify into a wall.

The latest problem involves groundwater that has built up over the last month.

Tepco said it had been focusing instead on the bigger risk from the melted reactors. (AP)

東電、汚染水流出の対応に苦戦

東京電力は８月６日、福島第一原発の放射能汚染水が海に流出し続けている問題で、流出を今も止められず、薬剤で固めた遮水壁を乗り越えて漏れ出していると述べた。

The Japan Times ST: August 16, 2013