Protection of Fukushima Daiichi power units will cost 80 billion yen

TERSO, the company that operates the Japanese NPP «Fukushima-1» reported that the leakage of contaminated water had been stopped. About 1,500 pieces of liquid glass were poured into the cracks formed after the earthquake to accomplish this work. High radiation levels in the area NPP does not allow the installation of special protective sheets, this will be done only in September 2011.

Some experts do not consider the installation of protective sheets to be an acceptable measure to prevent radiation contamination, believing that this method will have a temporary effect.

The total cost of work to create a protective system on the «Fukushima-1« The estimate is $80 billion. yen.