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Japan nuclear plant plugs highly radioactive leak

... on Wednesday morning, Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Naoki Tsunoda said the injection of 400 gallons (1,500 liters) of "water glass," or sodium silicate, and another agent near a seaside pit appeared to be successful.
It was a rare bit of good news for the utility that owns the crippled nuclear plant, located about 140 miles (220 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo. But highly contaminated water continues to pool around the complex. Tsunoda said officials were investigating whether the contaminated water is leaking from other places [...]
TEPCO's reputation has taken a serious hit in the crisis. On Tuesday, its stock dropped 80 yen -- the maximum daily limit, or 18 percent -- to just 362 yen ($4.30), falling below its previous all-time closing low of 393 yen from December 1951. Since the quake, the share price has plunged 80 percent.
In what could be an effort to counter the bad publicity, Takashi Fujimoto, TEPCO's vice president, said it was offering 20 million yen ($240,000) in "apology money" to each town or city affected by the mandatory evacuation zone around the plant.

by das monde on Wed Apr 6th, 2011 at 01:28:03 AM EST
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Town near nuclear plant rejects Japanese utility's 'token' offer

Acknowledging the toll the unrelenting nuclear crisis has had on people's lives and livelihoods, the owner of Japan's stricken nuclear plant has offered money to some of those in the radiation's reach -- an offer that one city decided to refuse.
An official with Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operates the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, said Tuesday that the utility made a "token" offer to residents in 10 communities near the plant.
Starting March 31, money began going out to those in nine of them. But the town of Namie rejected Tokyo Electric's offer, with a local official calling it too meager an attempt to make up for a drastically reduced quality of life and income [...]
Tokyo Electric says the amount is an initial token payment, not compensation for losses sustained as a result of the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi. They promise that will come later -- after they have assessed the damage from the accident, which has spread radioactive contamination across much of the surrounding area.
The company called the initial offer "payment for their troubles," and would not detail how much money is being offered to each community. But Kousei Negishi, who is the manager of general affairs for Namie, said that it was 20 million yen -- about $12 for each of Namie's roughly 20,000 residents.

by das monde on Wed Apr 6th, 2011 at 02:52:41 AM EST
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You couldn't make this stuff up.

by Andhakari on Fri Apr 8th, 2011 at 04:22:47 PM EST
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das monde:

Tsunoda said officials were investigating whether the contaminated water is leaking from other places

Reportedly they injected a dye in the water at the crack to see where it was going but the dye wasn't showing up in the "trenches".

Economics is politics by other means

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Apr 6th, 2011 at 04:24:33 AM EST
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if i remembr right theyd poured the dye into the trench further back, and although it had gone from the trench it hadnt apoeared in the pit which had the hole that was leaking and has now been plugged

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Apr 6th, 2011 at 05:36:34 AM EST
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So they were running the experiment backwards?

Economics is politics by other means

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Apr 6th, 2011 at 06:03:48 AM EST
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I think it means they plugged the wrong whole.

by Andhakari on Fri Apr 8th, 2011 at 04:24:24 PM EST
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