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Radioactive Groundwater

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Fukushima plant operator: cannot confirm volume of contaminated water leaking into ocean

 

Date: 08-Aug-13
Country: JAPAN
Author: Mari Saito and Antoni Slodkowski

Fukushima plant operator: cannot confirm volume of contaminated water leaking into ocean Photo: Kyodo/Files
Tanks of radiation-contaminated water are seen at the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, in this file photo released by Kyodo March 1, 2013.
Photo: Kyodo/Files

Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Wednesday that it cannot confirm the exact volume of contaminated groundwater that is leaking into the ocean.

The Japanese government believes radiation-contaminated water has been leaking into the Pacific Ocean at a rate of 300 tons a day, an industry ministry official told reporters on Wednesday.

"We are not currently able to say clearly how much groundwater is actually flowing into the ocean," said Tokyo Electric Power spokesman Noriyuki Imaizumi in response to a reporter's question about the government estimate.

(Editing by Edmund Klamann)

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