In the first hours of March's accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, workers rushed to flood three damaged reactors with sea water to prevent a catastrophic meltdown. Three months later, water is still being pumped into the cores and has become the biggest obstacle to cleaning up the site.
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110607/full/474135a.html [2]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/fukushima-deep-hot-water
[2] http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110607/full/474135a.html
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-cyranoski
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/geoff-brumfiel
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-accidents
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/japan
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-safety
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-power-plants
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-management
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-waste
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy