There Are 27 Olympic Swimming Pools’ Worth of Radioactive Water in Fukushima
There is a lot of dangerous, radioactive water inside Fukushima, as TEPCO struggles to keep the fuel rods from burning up. Water accumulates—TEPCO estimates there are 67,000 tons of irradiated water inside. How much water is that? 67,000 tons is a tricky amount to visualize—but it’s enough to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Splish splash.…
