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TEPCO failed to respond to dire warning of radioactive water leaks at Fukushima

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

2012/12/02

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photoRadioactive water leaks into the sea on April 2, 2011, from a crack in a pit wall near the No. 2 reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. (Provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co.)

Tokyo Electric Power Co. dawdled on measures to prevent leaks of highly radioactive water during the Fukushima nuclear crisis, despite the plant manager's warning that "we are idly waiting for death."

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