Fukushima Meltdown Mitigation Aims to Prevent Radioactive Flood

More than three months after a powerful earthquake and 14-meter-tall tsunami struck Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains flooded with a salty mix of fresh and sea water–saltwater contaminated with the radioactive residue of three reactors and four spent fuel pools’ worth of nuclear fuel. Every day an additional 500 metric tons of seawater is poured onto the still hot nuclear fuel in the stricken reactors and fuel pools.

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Fukushima Meltdown Mitigation Aims to Prevent Radioactive Flood