Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Dafuq?

Contaminated water has been pouring into the Pacific Ocean from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant for the past two years, an Industry Ministry official told reporters on Wednesday as PM Shinzo Abe pledged to step up efforts to halt the crisis.

Abe put the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in charge of the situation, while demanding that the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) take the necessary steps to deal with the cleanup, which is anticipated to take more than 40 years at a cost of US$11 billion.

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"We think that the volume of water is about 300 tons a day," said Yushi Yoneyama, an official with the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, which regulates TEPCO.

  RT
Three hundred tons a day. For two years. We’re just going to kill off every living thing, aren’t we? Except cockroaches. You know you can’t get rid of them. And Dick Cheney.
Japanese authorities are working in crisis mode, attempting to assure the public both at home and abroad that the situation will not further deteriorate into a widespread environmental catastrophe.
Further?  We're okay with it as is?

  ...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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