The Japanese government is set to invest more than A$526 Million to stem the leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.  It’s another step as the government assumes more control over the two and a half year old crisis.

“Instead of the ad hoc approaches that have been taken in the past, we put together a basic policy today that will offer a fundamental solution to the problem of contaminated water,” said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a meeting of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters in Tokyo.

The plan is to build a wall of frozen earth around wrecked reactors to prevent groundwater mixing with water being used to cool melted fuel rods.

“The world is closely watching to see whether the decommissioning of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant, including the contaminated water problem, can be achieved,” Abe said.

In recent days, leaks from cooling water tanks were found to be feeding radioactive hotspots, including one giving off enough radiation to kill a person within just a few hours.