Landowners could be forced to repair structures or be fined and unpaid fines could lead to imprisonment.

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As the government worked to repair dangerous structures, relief workers spent Wednesday looking for survivors and distributing supplies that were air-dropped into the stricken area.

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Besides clean-up of materials, the company plans to remove unused utilities in the shaft, repair any damaged structures, install a water ring to control entry of water into the shaft and prevent ice from forming in winter, install a new power cable and a metal brattice between the eastern and western half of the shafts to provide a physical barrier, improving safety and functionality, company officials said.

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One technology highlighted by NASA is solid freeform fabrication, a process that could be used to support fabrication and repair of large space structures, spacecraft primary structure and replacement components.

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