Japan proposes more steps to store Fukushima water

Associated Press ^ | 12/03/13

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TOKYO (AP) -- A government panel proposed additional measures to lessen the radioactive water crisis at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, saying Tuesday that current plans are not enough to prevent the risk of a disaster.

Officials on the Industry Ministry's contaminated water panel also said that the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant could run out of storage space for contaminated water within two years if current plans are not fully workable.

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As heavy as radioactive materials it seems that they could set up a centrifuge system to clean and recycle the water.

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There is a lot of very diffuse gold in the vast volume of sea water ... almost impossible to separate with any degree of efficiency. I suspect the same is true here. They might try distillation to get the volume down to just the solids, but that is probably too simplistic.

Selectively getting the various varieties of bad stuff [some of which are not that heavy] to precipitate out would do the trick ... but once again much easier said than done.