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Tepco is struggling to contain the highly radioactive water that is seeping
into the ocean near Fukushima. The head of Japan’s NRA, Shinji Kinjo
exclaimed, “right now, we have an emergency,” as he noted the contaminated
groundwater has breached an underground barrier and is rising toward the
surface – exceeding the limits of radioactive discharge. In a rather
outspoken comment for the typically stoic Japanese, Kinjo said Tepco’s
“sense of crisis was weak,” adding that “this is why you can’t just leave
it up to Tepco alone” to grapple with the ongoing disaster. As Reuters
notes
, Tepco has been accused of covering up shortcomings and has been lambasted
for its ineptness in the response and while the company says it is taking
actions to contain the leaks, Kinjo fears if the water reaches the surface
“it would flow extremely fast,” with some suggesting as little as three
weeks until this critical point.
Via Reuters:
Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled
Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is
struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog
said on Monday.
This contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier, is
rising toward the surface and is exceeding legal limits of radioactive
discharge, Shinji Kinjo, head of a Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA)
task force, told Reuters.
Countermeasures planned by Tokyo Electric Power Co are only a temporary
solution, he said.
Tepco’s “sense of crisis is weak,” Kinjo said. “This is why you can’t
just leave it up to Tepco alone” to grapple with the ongoing disaster.
“Right now, we have an emergency,” he said.
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