A government-backed plan for a frozen underground wall to limit water contamination at the wrecked Fukushima atomic station needs further vetting for potential risks to the environment, an adviser to the plant’s operator said.
The plan, which is intended to keep groundwater from seeping into the basements of the plant’s damaged reactor buildings, may not function as intended because it’s based on untested assumptions about the site’s hydrology, said Dale Klein, who chairs Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee.
“Are there any unintended consequences?” Klein asked at a press conference today in Tokyo. “We’re concerned about safety and environmental protection.”
Thanks to Kush Arora.
Take it from someone who builds this shit for a living . . . it can’t be done. Unless they can go to bedrock, water will ALWAYS find a way around any barrier. We’re gonna freeze the ground. Yeah, that’s the ticket . . .