Tokyo Electric Uses Sawdust to Stop Radiation Leaking Into Sea
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. used a mix of polymer, sawdust and newsprint in an attempt to stop radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant seeping into the sea.
The absorbent material was injected into a power-cable storage pit from where polluted water is escaping through a crack, the power utility said today at a briefing in Tokyo. It will introduce a tracer to the pit to check whether the operation has been successful.