Mark Willacy, ABC correspondent: [The ice wall project] shows you just how dire the situation is… This has never happened before… This is the greatest nuclear contamination of the ocean in history… [The amount released into ocean] can’t be quantified. It’s incredible amounts. Steve Austin, Host: Don’t eat the fish oil caplets that come from the Pacific. Willacy: If it doesn’t work we’re really back to square one… it is the great last hope that Tepco has and, I believe, the government. If it doesn’t work, I don’t think anyone knows how to solve this problem. Willacy: It is a global issue. In the aftermath of Fukushima, the Japanese have begun constructing an underground ice wall to slow the build-up of radioactive water. Mark Willacy reported for the ABC in Japan at the time of the disaster and he spoke to Steve Austin about the proposed solution. Full interview on soundcloud.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 07:22:34 +0000