11 years later, fate of Fukushima nuclear plant cleanup uncertain

Why not just build a sarcophagus around the plant like they did with Chernobyl and just leave the radiated water inside there in barrels? Is there any reason why this can't be done?

Why not just build a sarcophagus around the plant like they did with Chernobyl and just leave the radiated water inside there in barrels? Is there any reason why this can't be done?

Look what happened at Chernobyl. They probably could though it would keep the area uninhabitable for like forever

Japan has many uninhabited islands. Choose one as a repository.

What is sure is that the”clean-up” is not possible.

How many TEPCO people were jailed for this?

11 years?

Early days yet. No point rushing things. Reports to be written. Meetings to be held. More reports, more meetings.

Japanese easily forget. Just throw it in the sea when nobody is watching.

The late Ishihara Shinataro bought part of the Senkaku Islands for Japan, so let his legacy be that those islands be used for depositing the nuclear waste. China would stop pestering them all the time, and it would be a "iseki-ni-cho" solution to two problems.

It is government land now too!

I see they try to focus comparisons on Three Mile Island, rather than Chernobyl, which is briefly mentioned towards the end. I guess it being occupied by an invading army and used as a possible nuclear threat to the continent of Europe and beyond might make the utter fecklessness of starting something you haven't the foggiest how to manage for an indefinite period into the future a bit apparent.

A bit like all the cooling water for the melted down reactors. Accumulate it for 11 years, and then say oops, tanks are full, lets flush them into the sea (underwater, 1km from the shore, of course). It'll be a slow flush, so people won't notice. Much.

fukushima is a perfectly good place to live. there's more radiation in a potato chip

I studied Chernobyl at university. I was also in Japan during March 11th 2011 so I'm qualified to comment on this topic. Let me just say, if the Japanese were to learn the truth about this disaster, there would be a revolution by tomorrow morning.

Look what happened at Chernobyl. They probably could though it would keep the area uninhabitable for like forever

Well the population is declining anyway

What if there’s another earthquake?