Fukushima fishermen ‘absolutely shocked’ at TEPCO failing to report leak for 10 months

Thursday, February 26, 2015
By Paul Martin

RT.com
February 26, 2015

The operator of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has been strongly criticized for neglecting to report a radioactive leak for 10 months, after it admitted to doing so because of an ongoing investigation.

On Tuesday it was revealed that a drainage ditch which receives runoff water from the highly-contaminated roof of Sector 2 was transporting water rich in cesium together with rain into the sea, and that the leak had been discovered back in May.

An official with the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) had this to say to a press conference on Thursday, amid widespread “shock” among local fishermen at the news.

“This was part of an ongoing investigation in which we discovered a water puddle with high levels of radiation on top of the Reactor No. 2 building, and because this also happens to be one of the sources for this drainage system, we decided to report everything all at once.”

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