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bluecoat_fan

(262 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 10:16 AM Feb 2012

TEPCO 2/21 handout - Plan to cement the ocean floor.

Material Design
・We will use solidified soil made from bentonite and cement as covering material since it doesn’t affect to
coastal environment and has less variability of quality of construction.
・For lower layer, we will use light weight solidified soil (Coating material

more on page 3
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/fukushima-np/images/handouts_120221_02-e.pdf

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TEPCO 2/21 handout - Plan to cement the ocean floor. (Original Post) bluecoat_fan Feb 2012 OP
Cover up and entomb the ocean bottom, eh? PearliePoo2 Feb 2012 #1
It's only safe untill it breaks, which everything eventualy does. bluecoat_fan Feb 2012 #3
Did anyone tell them how large the Pacific is? izquierdista Feb 2012 #2
The cartoon crane/ship assembly looks like it can probably do the job. bluecoat_fan Feb 2012 #4
Here is another link that shows the cement silos/boat, thing to be.. bluecoat_fan Feb 2012 #5

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
1. Cover up and entomb the ocean bottom, eh?
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 10:34 AM
Feb 2012

After you've polluted the fuck out of it, no option but to turn it into a concrete based swimming pool.
Tell me again how cheap and safe NUKE power is.
Criminal bastards.

bluecoat_fan

(262 posts)
4. The cartoon crane/ship assembly looks like it can probably do the job.
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 11:11 AM
Feb 2012

Not sure about the cement silos... never seen a cement silo before...

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