The Big Thirst: How Is Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant Making “Radioactive” Water?

In this installment, “The Big Thirst” author and Fast Company writer explores how water, which technically can’t be made radioactive, could be the least threatening byproduct of the hobbled Fukushima plant. FACT: Nothing is thirstier than nuclear power plants. They use water deep inside the reactor core, and they use rivers of water for cooling

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The Big Thirst: How Is Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant Making “Radioactive” Water?