TEPCO head confident of shielding toxic water in trenches

TEPCO head confident of shielding toxic water in trenches

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose tells the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly's special session on Aug. 20, 2014, that the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is determined to complete a plan to freeze all walls shielding highly toxic water in underground trenches in the compounds of the No. 2 reactor facing the sea.

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