Fukushima Japan releases nuclear radioactive water into ocean TOKYO, April 4 (Reuters) - JAPANESE ENGINEERS ON MONDAY WERE FORCED TO RELEASE RADIOACTIVE WATER INTO THE SEA WHILE RESORTING TO DESPERATE MEASURES SUCH AS USING BATH SALTS TO TRY TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE LEAKS AT A CRIPPLED NUCLEAR POWER COMPLEX. TOKYO -- Engineers pinned their hopes on chemicals, sawdust and shredded newspaper to stop highly radioactive water pouring into the ocean from Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant Sunday as officials said it will take several months to bring the crisis under control, the first time they have provided a timetable. They mixed sawdust and newspapers with polymers and cement to try to seal a crack in a concrete pit at reactor no.2, where radioactive water has been seeping into the sea. "We were hoping the polymers would function like diapers but are yet to see a visible effect," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, a deputy director general of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. Engineers also planned to build a giant silt curtain in the ocean to stop the spread of more contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/04/japan-idUSL3E7F402Q20110404 Japan N-crisis may last months When asked how long it would take to bring the plant's overheating reactors under control in an interview with Fuji TV on Sunday, Prime Minister Naoto Kan' special advisor said "I think several months would be one target." "We have not escaped from a crisis situation, but it is somewhat stabilized," Goshi Hosono added. previous.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=172926§ionid=351020406 Engineers Pin Hopes on New Tactic to Stop Japan's Nuclear Plant Leak www.foxnews.com/world/2011/04/03/controlling-japans-stricken-nuclear-plant-months-radioactive-water-pours/ Engineers pin hopes on polymer to stop nuke leak news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake On Sunday it appeared there was no immediate end in sight to the world's worst nuclear crisis since Ukraine's Chernobyl disaster in 1986. A safety agency spokesman said it could take several more months to bring the plant under control, adding: "We'll face a crucial turning point within the next few months, but that is not the end." www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8424833/Japan-nuclear-crisis-bodies-of-two-nuclear-plant-workers-found.html Long Since Passed the Level of Three Mile Island" -- The Fukushima Crisis in Comparative Perspective www.hnn.us/articles/138158.html

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