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Fukushima Report Delayed as TEPCO Gets New Chance to Explain

Jonathan Tirone
Bloomberg, May 4, 2015

The International Atomic Energy Agency delayed a report about meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to give Japanese officials another chance to explain radiation leaking into the Pacific Ocean.

The IAEA’s report about mid- to long-term plans to decommission the stricken reactors will be published in “mid-May,” agency spokesman Serge Gas said in an e-mailed reply to questions. The report had initially been scheduled for release by the end of March on the plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.

“The Japanese government invited IAEA experts for a follow-up visit focused on contaminated rainwater issues and public communications,” Gas wrote in an e-mail from Vienna. “Tepco has no obligation to report to the IAEA but it still shares information with the agency regularly.”

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IAEA monitors made an unscheduled return trip to Japan last month to follow-up on a spike in radiation levels caused by contaminated water leaking into the Pacific. While Tepco had known about the leaks for months, they didn’t discuss them with agency monitors during scheduled Feb. 9-17 consultations. Tepco subsequently decided to revise its communications policies and disclose more radiation data.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-04/fukushima-report-delayed-as-tepco-gets-new-chance-to-explain

Anyone know how much and what kind of radiation has been released from Fukushima over the past four years? There is no real containment of what's being emitted from three ongoing, open-air and out-of-control nuclear reactions.