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Disillusioned
But, Prime Minister Abe said, "It is under control!" I guess his understanding of this word is much different to the rest of the world.
Michael Alagar
I'm sure its a simple language barrier. Under control, out of control. Same thing right?
Mitch Cohen
Who is behind these malicious reports? Must be a huge conspiracy to damage Japan's image.
SquidBert
What they meant to assure you, was that the leaky flow of toxic information is completely under control.
StormR
Could also read - Many of the tanks were used to cool molten reactors wrecked by an apathetic, slack, negligent operator called Tepco who are resposnible for the nuclear meltdown disaster in March 2011.
smithinjapan
What was it Abe was saying about everything being completely under control?
Ms. Alexander
Abe has the IOC fooled but not us! It is NOT under control!
Maybe he's being positive and hoping it will be in control in 7 years. If it's not, he'll be out of office and won't be responsible to fix the issue. I feel sorry for the next PM...
Laguna
Looks like they've created some loop: Pump contaminated groundwater to leaky tanks.
Too bad it's not a closed loop. Sometimes I wonder why they even pretend to try anymore.
gogogo
Abe: "Completely under control"..... get serious!?
YongYang
Not CAN cause cancer but DOES cause cancer.
Andreas Zachcial
Timing of this report is interesting. Just two days after the decission for Tokyo 2020. I wonder if they knew it earlier or not.
Gaijin Desi
oh !!!
rowiko68
I wondered when Abe on Saturday assured the IOC and the world that 'everything was under control', whether he knew something the rest of us didn't. Well, I guess not.
FightingViking
Funny how I got +4 for my comment on: Once-reluctant Japanese get behind Tokyo's Olympic bid
-1 for my comment on: Olympic bid a high-stakes gamble for Abe, Abenomics
and now -6 for my comment on: Erdogan says Istanbul rejection as 2020 host was unfair
but they're ALL the same comment ! Only the wording has been slightly changed ! My point is NOTHING is under control and Abe knows that ! There is a REAL risk over here !
slumdog
Perhaps that is the problem. Maybe six people are suggesting that they got it the first time.
BertieWooster
ABE "So, what should I do? I mean there's radiation leaking everywhere like water through a sieve."
"Just tell them it's all under control."
ABE "Is it?"
"Who cares? They won't know the difference. And in any case, it'll take their mind off the TPP negotiations."
ABE "That's a point!"
Dennis711
Wow! I didn't see that coming. But my question is when is the government going to take serious steps to try and contain the Fukushima radiation leaks. OK, so it's in the water.... Now the government should throw everyone who has a degree in any field that is every remotely close to anything dealing with radiation and make a think tank. Their job would be to try everything they can think of to solve this problem.
edojin
Mmmm ... hey people ... don't bother Abe right now. He's basking in the limelight of winning the Olympics. Rest assured, there's nothing happening up there in Fukushima ... he said so himself.
Mmmm, on the other hand ... maybe that limelight is actually the glow from all that radiated water that is leaking all over the place at the destroyed nuclear power plant.
If he wants to show us ... and the world ... that everything is "under control" at the throbbing plant ... why doesn't he go up there, walk among the ruins and prove to us that it's really safe?
Jeremy Rigby
Mmmm, will it be a 10,000 or 20000 year frozen barrier? What happens when it melts?
Star-viking
YongYang,
Depends on the dose. Same as all carcinogens.
FightingViking
@slumdog
but they're ALL the same commentWell at least they're not EXACTLY the same - like some other people who just copy and paste the same comment in different places.
Was it the fact that I mentioned that my dog died of cancer that put six people off ? (That was only mentioned once...)
Aristoman
There is nothing under the control in those leaks. Abe knows it as we speak here.
gogogo
You are not in control if you are finding new information and new problems daily.
Onniyama
In WW2 they came up with an acronym for this kind of situation and it meant normal. SNAFU.
Star-viking
gogogo,
That depends on the scale of the problems. We have no hard figures for strontium in the groundwater, just that some is there, and the data from the sea, as reported by the NRA is that all the radionuclides checked for are below the detection limit, sample from 2km out.
http://radioactivity.nsr.go.jp/en/contents/8000/7292/24/278_r_0910.pdf
And to take a flip-side view of your statement, they are looking for problems and releasing new information. That at least is improving control.
smithinjapan
You gotta love it! Radiation levels that even TEPCO has admitted will kill a person in four hours of exposure are 'potentially hazardous'. But hey, all charges against the company have been dropped, so they must be right.
nigelboy
Star-viking
It's useless for the fear mongerers can only focus on the headlines while your link clearly indicates the contamination levels in the sea is "ND" (Not Detectable). In other words, if we were to desalinate these sea water samples, it's well within the limits of drinking water.
Cortes Elijah
Zzzzzzzz. Just admit TEPCO is a massive fail. Save the news please.
Magnet
This news conveniently after the Olympics were granted to Tokyo. Sneaky weasels.
Star-viking
smithinjapan
Don't forget TEPC were criticised ny the NRA for inaccurate reporting:
http://www.japantoday.com/smartphone/view/national/nra-says-fukushima-water-leak-risk-exaggerated
The take-away point: don't roll in water leaks at nuclear plants in the nude.
SusanStop
We need a worldwide consortium made up of experts in the field to start brainstorming solutions to what is happening in Fukushima and what can be done to FIX it. We need them NOW. Each country will also need to commit funds to this effort, since it is and will continue to affect the entire planet. The consequences could be the extinction of all life on earth. It is past time to do this. Japan is calling for help and they can not handle it alone.
Star-viking
SusanStop
How?