Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)—An estimated 200-500 tons of groundwater per day are flowing into the basements and underground tunnels of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant’s No. 1 to 4 reactors, officials said Tuesday.
The groundwater is seen to be leaking from cracks in concrete walls developed by the March 11 earthquake, the officials at the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501>, said.
The inflow increases after rain, they said.
As water injected into the (…)
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