Absorbent to soak up radioactive water

Absorbent to soak up radioactive water

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a bag of polymeric water absorbent, the same type of material used by Tokyo Electric Power Co. to stop the leakage of highly radioactive water into the sea at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on April 3, 2011.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001158225
  • Registered date
  • 2011/4/03 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2011 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 1007 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 559.94(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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