After two years of construction, $300 million, and a lot of fanfare, the wall of frozen soil that was supposed to solve Fukushima’s radioactive groundwater problem has been nixed by Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority. “TEPCO is scattering a strange illusion” about the efficacy of the wall, warned NRA chairman Shunichi Tanaka last spring. Tests showed that the wall might cause groundwater to drop below the basement level of the flooded reactor building, letting highly contaminated water leak out. Now TEPCO and the watchdog agency will lock horns over whether the project can be partially salvaged. Anyone who ever dug holes in the sand at the beach as a child can begin to appreciate what they are up against.
Meanwhile, the radioactive water and soil keep accumulating in Sisyphean fashion, with nowhere to go.
Update 2/16: Okay, what happens if we freeze the side facing the ocean?
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