'Megafloat' arrives in Fukushima

'Megafloat' arrives in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2011, shows a ''megafloat'' artificial island that arrived at Onahama Port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, the same day. Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering using the floating structure to store water contaminated with high levels of radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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