OriginOil: Algae harvester to clean radioactive sites in Japan. - Analyst Blog
30 August 2012 - 3:40AM
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OriginOil: Algae harvester to clean radioactive sites in
Japan.
OriginOil (OOIL) has announced
that its research partner in Japan has received government funding
approval for a program to use the company's algae harvester to
clean the radioactive waste from contaminated sites in Fukushima
where the March 2011 nuclear accident occurred.
Certain plants and algae have the capability of absorbing metals
such as cesium and strontium. Radioisotopes of these metals have
long half-lives and can cause radiation sickness leading to death.
Tests with algae have removed nearly 90% of radioactive material
from cesium contaminated water.
The Research Institute of Tsukuba Bio-tech has received grant
approval to build one-acre sites to validate the use of algae in
bio-remediation. Of the two initial sites one will be a control
site and the other will use OriginOil's technology. If successful
the process will be expanded to as many as 100 sites.
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