Fukushima Operator Dumps 1,000 Tons Of Polluted Water In Sea

[kpete]

Fukushima Operator Dumps 1,000 Tons Of Polluted Water In Sea
Polluted water poured into the sea after a typhoon raked the facility on Tuesday.

September 19, 2013 |


The operator of the leaking Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday that it dumped more than 1,000 tons of polluted water into the sea after a typhoon raked the facility.

Typhoon Man-yi smashed into Japan on Monday, bringing with it heavy rain that caused flooding in some parts of the country, including the ancient city of Kyoto.

The rain also lashed near the broken plant run by Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), swamping enclosure walls around clusters of water tanks containing toxic water that was used to cool broken reactors.

Some of the tanks were earlier found to be leaking contaminated water.



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[delrem]

1. "Polluted" ?? Now that's an understatement.

[silvershadow]

2. 1,000 tons. Yeah. My hat. Probably immeasurable. I bet they just picked that out of a hat.

Just like BP and the oil spill.

[xfundy]

3. Who cares?

Somebody made money! CA-CHING!

It's gone beyond dog-eat-dog. Now it's closer to salting fields, except with radioactive, world-killing catastrophe. And not just in Japan. The whole world has come to value money over life itself. Of course, we are expendable, but the "elite" are screwing themselves over while not giving a shit about anyone, ultimately including themselves and their children.

It's gone far beyond the game. And nobody wins anymore, ultimately.

Stupid fucks.

[kpete]

6. i care...

thanks for your post xfundy

sad for sure

but peace to you anyway,
kp

[Warren DeMontague]

4. ...and all that it amounts to, is a tear in a salted sea

[Octafish]

5. It was a hard decision, but it had to be done.

Because the alternative is to spend whatever it takes.