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TEPCO concealed radioactive leak for nearly a year

Busted! Fukushima Operator Concealed Radioactive Leak for Nearly a Year  Sputnik News 26 Feb 15 Tokyo Electric Power Co., TEPCO, has been slammed by fishermen, for knowingly allowing radioactive substances to flow freely into the sea for ten months.

 Operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant admitted that a drainage ditch allowed highly-contaminated water to flow into the sea, and that the leak was first detected back in May 2014.

Fishermen were shocked to hear such confession, voicing disappointment in the company that has been criticized for the cleanup of the Fukushima disaster that happened four years ago.

“I don’t understand why you (TEPCO) kept silent about the leakage even though you knew about it. Fishery operators are absolutely shocked,” Masakazu Yabuki, chief of the Iwaki fisheries cooperative said……http://sputniknews.com/asia/20150226/1018799566.html

 

February 28, 2015 - Posted by | general

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