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Scrutiny on Fukushima nuclear station as Japan prepares to host 2020 Olympics

Japan-Olympics-fearWith Tokyo hosting 2020 Olympics, Fukushima plant faces more scrutiny, South China Morning Post Critics blast prime minister Abe for saying problem of contaminated water under control, 11 June, 2015,  Japan’s efforts to clean up its nuclear disaster face intense global scrutiny ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, observers say, but despite government promises that Fukushima is “under control”, the crisis will not be over by 2020.

Speaking to Olympic chiefs in Buenos Aires just ahead of their weekend decision to award the 2020 Games to Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said there was nothing to worry about at the plant……………

“I was flabbergasted by Abe’s speech,” said Hiroaki Koide, associate professor at Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute. “The problem of contaminated water is far from being solved. This problem has been going on all the time since the reactors were destroyed. Contaminated water has been leaking into the ocean ever since.”

On Monday, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) reported spiking levels of radiation in groundwater and said it was “likely” leaks from tanks storing highly polluted water had made their way into subterranean water that flows out into the sea.

Tomoo Watanabe, director of the Research Centre for Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecosystems, said his understanding of the situation at Fukushima was not that it was “contained” in the way Abe explained it………….http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1307936/tokyo-hosting-2020-olympics-fukushima-plant-faces-more-scrutiny

July 4, 2015 - Posted by | general

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