Posted on 12/03/2013 7:20:25 AM PST by oxcart
Edited on 12/03/2013 1:18:22 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
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.
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.
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