Reuters, Apr. 17, 2014: Manager at Japan’s Fukushima plant admits radioactive water ‘embarrassing’ — The manager of the Fukushima nuclear power plant admits to embarrassment that repeated efforts have failed to bring under control the problem of radioactive water, eight months after Japan’s prime minister told the world the matter was resolved. [Tepco] has been fighting a daily battle against contaminated water since Fukushima was wrecked by a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. [...] Akira Ono, manager of Fukushima Daiichi: “It’s embarrassing to admit, but there are certain parts of the site where we don’t have full control [...] It may sound odd, but this is the bill we have to pay for what we have done in the past three years [...] But we were pressed to build tanks in a rush and may have not paid enough attention to quality. We need to improve quality from here. [...] We need to improve the quality of the tanks and other facilities so that they can survive for the next 30-40 years of our decommission period. [...] The ultimate purpose is to prevent contaminated water from going out to the ocean, and in this regard, I believe it is under control.” Ono appears to state Fukushima’s contaminated water is prevented from going into the ocean. Yet: April 14, 2014: Radioactive Spike in Ocean off Fukushima: Highest Cs-137 levels at location since 2011 — 22,000 Bq/m³ in Pacific outside port — Japan notifies IAEA of ‘elevated’ readings (MAP) March 17, 2014: Record cesium levels at Pacific Ocean sampling location north of Fukushima plant — Spikes to 6,900 Bq/m³ from ‘not detected’ in one day REPOST: Manager at Japans Fukushima plant admits radioactive water embarrassing uk.reuters/article/2014/04/17/uk-japan-fukushima-water-idUKBREA3G29C20140417
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