Atsunao Marui, underground water expert at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and member of a government committee studying Fukushima Daiichi’s contaminated water problem: “The water from that area is just about to reach the coast [...] We must contain the problem as quickly as possible.” Toyoshi Fuketa, Nuclear Regulation Authority commissioner: “This is a race against the clock.” Ken Buesseler, marine chemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts: “Any contamination in the groundwater would eventually flow into the ocean. That is very difficult to stop even with barriers.” Masakazu Yabuki, isherman in Iwaki (40 km south of plant): “Nobody knows when this is going to end.” enenews/ap-experts-fear-giant-underground-reservoir-of-extremely-contaminated-water-is-on-verge-of-entering-pacific-at-fukushima-plant-just-about-to-reach-coast-a-race-against-the-clock-no
Posted on: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 08:01:39 +0000