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Workers Improvise in Japan Nuclear Plant Cleanup

Given the severity of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, the plant operators at Japan’s damaged Fukushima power plants are being forced to improvise solutions as they attempt to bring the reactors and radiation leaks under control.

published by
CBS
 on March 28, 2011

Source: CBS

CBS News’ Chris Wragge spoke with Carnegie’s James Acton about the seemingly worsening situation at the nuclear plant in Japan and what the next steps in containment can be. “At this point,” Acton said, “comparing this crisis to the BP oil spill is appropriate.  This crisis has the potential to go on for weeks and possibly for months.” Acton said that, given the severity of the earthquake and the tsunami, the plant operators at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have been forced to improvise solutions.

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