Japan will spray water-soluble resin over debris to reduce radiation spread.

[Bonobo]

Japan plans to use remote-operated robots to spray water-soluble resin over debris at Fukushima-1 to prevent spread of radiation leaks.

From Kyodo. No link yet.

[LAGC]

1. Good to hear they haven't run out of ideas.

So far most of the serious radiation leakage seems to be very localized to the site.

It's important it stays that way and doesn't seriously affect a wider area.

I have faith in the workers there figuring something out, they truly are heroes risking their own lives to keep everyone else safe.

[slackmaster]

3. Yes, they've only run out of technologically proven ideas

:argh:

[kristopher]

4. Being a hero is about bad choices.

Bad choices by government put these quite common people into a situation where they are between a rock and a hard place. Yes they are heroic, but please, stop trying to glamorize what is a dirty freaking job that they would give about anything to not have to do.

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[kristopher]

2. see also

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x284611

[Junkdrawer]

6. Yet another Hail Mary solution.... n/t

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[Junkdrawer]

8. I'm done arguing with your personal attacks. n/t

[Bonobo]

13. Yet another potshot at a country's attempt to salvage a tough situation. nt

[Junkdrawer]

14. "Hail Mary" is synonymous with "Desperate".

For example, many, many experts characterized the use of salt water to cool the reactors as a "Hail Mary" action.

You don't think this is desperate?

[marions ghost]

9. water soluble

is that good in rain?

[kristopher]

10. Once it hardens it will be waterproof. Usually it is sun that breaks it down most rapidly.

The UV breaks the molecular chains.

[marions ghost]

11. thank you

for info.

Gonna take a whole lotta resin...

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. I wondered the same thing. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Any mention of a time frame on that?

[kristopher]

15. They will be starting a test run along the beach in a few hours. nt

[Junkdrawer]

17. As in a sandy beach?

http://tohokujapan.blogspot.com/

I could see abandoned cars and such, but a beach?

[kristopher]

18. As in the area between the "trench" and the ocean.

The trench (tens of meters deep) is where the highly radioactive water is. They need to get people to that area to try and drain it in order to get in the building by descending 19M into the trench and using an access portal to access the turbine room.

Piece of cake.