silt fences

TEPCO: Little effect from opening Fukushima barriers
Silt fences near the water intake of the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The curtain-like screens are suspended from floats and reach the sea bottom. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
Tokyo Electric Power Co. will open floating barriers designed to stop radioactive water escaping into the sea near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, but expects little...
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