TEPCO shows installation work for underground ice wall

TEPCO shows installation work for underground ice wall

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on July 8, 2014, shows installation work for a massive underground ice wall being constructed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. at its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima. The ice wall is aimed at preventing groundwater from seeping into reactor buildings and mixing with heavily contaminated water at the complex. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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