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TEPCO apologizes for radioactive water leak at Fukushima plant
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant apologized to the local government on Thursday for a radi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The operator of the disaster-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant apologized to the local government on Thursday for a radioactive water leak from a building on the premises. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said 5.5 tons leaked from an outlet connected to a device to treat contaminated water, which is accumulating at the complex that suffered reactor fuel meltdowns in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The 5.5 tons of water, estimated to have contained 22 billion becquerels of radioactive substances, is believed to have partially seeped into the ground and TEPCO plans to remove the potentially affected soil.
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