The Tokyo Electric Power Company said on July 22 that radioactive waste is leaking into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima nuclear plant, but a spokesman told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the impact on the ocean is limited.
Samples taken at the plant earlier this month showed that radioactive caesium had increased more than 100 times in a few days, and the company doesn’t know why.
The head of Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said that he thinks the waste has been leaking since the nuclear plant was heavily damaged by a tsunami in 2011. “We would like to offer our deep apology for causing grave worries for many people, especially for people in Fukushima,” Masayuki Ono, the company’s general manager, said.
