David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: The plan sounds interesting, but as we all know, there are many unknowns. > Water will find a way to move in other directions if at all possible. I > can imagine that some will find its way to the surface if being pushed from > behind.
No doubt it will. They want it to come up, rather than go deeper. It rises up in one of the wells, and from there it is pumped into the ocean, before it overflows. In other words, it is carried around the contaminated soil area in pipes, rather than percolating through it. They are also building a steel wall below the plant, between the plant and the ocean. This seems like a lost cause to me. There is no way you can retain the groundwater. As I said, everywhere is Japan and especially near the ocean there are streams of groundwater. It gushes out year round. Here is an ancient wall in Yamaguchi that I am quite familiar with: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/j86ku86uk01/e/0322424ce1445b6d6c1c49f0520a8d20 These walls were completed around 1340 (early Muromachi era). They are still in use. They call for a lot of maintenance. You can see they have large gaps for drainage. Here are some other photos of that wall complex, and one showing a nearby waterfall (3rd photo from the bottom) with water gushing out, and also a picnic lunch (??) including wild boar meat: http://ameblo.jp/wayb-ceo/entry-10493896010.html Not radioactive boar. Boars and bears are everywhere in Japan these days. - Jed
