Tepco unable to stop radioactive flow to Pacific at Fukushima

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) has admitted to their inability to stopping the seepage of radioactive substances into the Pacific Ocean in and around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

According to the Japan Times, Tepco has been struggling with the underground water that is flowing over the chemical walls, created by injecting chemicals into the soil that solidify into a wall.

Earlier, Tepco had started building the chemical walls to stop the leaks after it detected radiation samples in groundwater samples.

Tepco spokesman Yoshikazu Nagai said they were slow to deal with the underground water problem because the company focused more on cooling the reactors.

The plant is still running on makeshift equipment and has been plagued with blackouts and leaks from underground tanks, the report added.

Meanwhile, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) had set up a special panel with Tepco to assess the leakage problem and discuss measures to resolve it.