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Reuters: The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, said on Saturday it had suspended an operation to clean up radioactive water only hours after it had begun as radiation levels rose faster than expected.
"The level of radiation at a machine to absorb cesium has risen faster than our initial projections," said a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Co.
The plan had got underway on Friday after being delayed by a series of glitches.
Officials had said earlier this week that large......
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Japan’s TEPCO suspends cleanup at Fukushima plant
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 18th, 2011
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