Fukushima nuclear disaster

2013-08-07 2

Japan will accelerate efforts to prevent more radioactive groundwater from seeping into the ocean at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, government officials said Wednesday. A massive tsunami in March 2011 sent the utility's reactors into meltdown and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986.VIDEOGRAPHIC