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Radioactive water leaking from Fukushima’s tanks, basements, cracks

BBC: Fukushima “much worse than we’ve been led to believe, much worse” says nuclear expert — Contaminated water is leaking out all over site http://enenews.com/bbc-fukushima-much-worse-than-we-have-been-led-to-believe-much-worse-says-nuclear-expert-its-leaking-out-from-cracks-all-over-the-place
Title: BBC News – Fukushima leak is ‘much worse than we were led to believe’
Source: BBC News
Author: Matt McGrath Environment correspondent
Date: Aug 22, 2013
A nuclear expert has told the BBC that he believes the current water leaks at Fukushima are much worse than the authorities have stated.

He says water is leaking out all over the site and there are no accurate figures for radiation levels. […] “The quantities of water they are dealing with are absolutely gigantic,” said Mycle Schneider, who has consulted widely for a variety of organisations and countries [France, Germany] on nuclear issues.

“What is the worse is the water leakage everywhere else – not just from the tanks. It is leaking out from the basements, it is leaking out from the cracks all over the place. Nobody can measure that. […]

“It is much worse than we have been led to believe, much worse,” said Mr Schneider, who is lead author for the World Nuclear Industry status reports. […]   Full BBC report here

August 24, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima 2013