Japanese Nuclear Plant May Have Been Leaking for Two Years

[homasse]

Japanese Nuclear Plant May Have Been Leaking for Two Years

The stricken nuclear power plant at Fukushima has probably been leaking contaminated water into the ocean for two years, ever since an earthquake and tsunami badly damaged the plant, Japan’s chief nuclear regulator said on Wednesday.In unusually candid comments, Shunichi Tanaka, the head

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[the_physicist]

Oh, there's just this leak of Caesium-137, ooops. WTF?!-_

[romp]

I've been hearing all along that the place is leaking. After all, it isn't sealed up and the rods are known to be sitting on a roof. The place has been stabilized but just for now, not long term.

So most everyone has known the place is leaking and it's only that Tepco is scaling down its denials.

Thanks for all that info!

[the_physicist]

i must not have been paying attention :/. i guess it makes sense since they haven't really dealt with the problem properly yet.

[dw_10rosefan]

Oh great, just what we need, another disaster!

Poor Japan.

[alryssa]

Well this is just AWESOME. *flips table*

[romp]

I'm glad Tepco is admitting it for the benefit of the people who choose to believe them. I agree with Ron Wyden (D-OR) that the world should be working to fix this up.