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Tanaka said there is a much larger ongoing problem at the plant: massive amounts of contaminated ground water reaching the sea. But Men's Torrey Smith Limited Purple Team Color Jersey that problem cannot even be rated under the IAEA's International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale because it is unknown Men's Torrey Smith Limited Jersey exactly how much ground water is escaping, how contaminated it is and what effect it is having on the sea and marine products.In this June 12, 2013 file photo, workers in protective gear walk past thousands paper cranes at the Women's Ray Lewis Elite Jersey emergency operation center of tsunamicrippled Fukushima Women's J.J. Watt Limited Dark Grey Jersey Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Okuma in Fukushima prefecture. (AP Photo/Noboru Hashimoto, File)In a meeting with agency officials and experts Tuesday night, TEPCO said radioactivity near the leaky tank and exposure levels among patrolling staff started to increase in early July. There is no sign that anyone tried to find the source of that radioactivity before the leak was discovered.TEPCO has recovered some of the water that leaked from the tank but says some of it may have reached the sea Women's Victor Cruz Elite Dark Grey Jersey through a rainwater gutter. Men's Jason Pierre-Paul Elite White Jersey It says most of the leakage is believed to have seeped into the soil, triggering fresh concern of further contamination of underground water downstream.Bags of contaminated earth are stored at a collection site after a decontamination operation at Naraha town in Fukushima prefecture on June 13, 2013. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)The IAEA's ratings are designed to inform the international community, and changing them does not affect efforts to clean up the leak by the government and TEPCO. The 2011 Fukushima disaster itself was rated the maximum of 7 on the scale, the same as the 1986 Chernobyl accident. "I've seen reports that this is a dire situation but that's not true."The plant suffered triple meltdowns after the massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. TEPCO is putting tons of water into its reactors to cool them and is struggling to contain the resulting waste water.TEPCO has built hundreds of tanks to hold radioactive water, some of which is ground water that made its way to the plant, but hundreds more tons of contaminated water are believed to be entering the sea each day."Their instructions, written or verbal, have never been observed," Toyoshi Fuketa, a regulatory commissioner, said at the agency's weekly meeting Wednesday.Kansai Electric Power Co. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)Earlier this week, Japan's industry minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, said the government will take over cleanup efforts and allocate funding for longterm contaminated water management projects.A worker cleans the surface during a decontamination operation at Naraha town in Fukushima prefecture on June 13, 2013. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)Workers move bags of contaminated earth at a collection site after a decontamination operation at Naraha town in Fukushima prefecture on June 13, 2013. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)A worker checks radiations on the window of a bus at Men's Torrey Smith Elite Purple Jersey the screening point of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Toshifumi Kitamura, Pool)"I'm baffled," he said. "It may take time to stabilize the plant but we must put it on Women's Darren McFadden Limited White Jersey a right track."TEPCO acknowledged recently that only two workers were assigned to check all 1,000 storage tanks at the plant Men's Ray Lewis Game Grey Jersey during their twicedaily, twohour walk without carrying dosimeters, and their inspection results were not adequately recorded. TEPCO said Women's Larry Fitzgerald Limited Red Jersey it will increase patrolling staff to 50 from the current eight.A worker, left, checks radiations on the window of a bus during a press tour, at the screening point of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture Wednesday, June 12, 2013 (AP Photo/Noboru Hashimoto, Pool)TOKYO Japan's nuclear regulator Men's Aaron Rodgers Game Grey Jersey on Wednesday upgraded the Youth Frank Gore Limited White Jersey rating of a leak of radiationcontaminated water Women's Calvin Johnson Game Blue Jersey from a tank at its tsunamiwrecked nuclear plant to a "serious incident" on an international scale, and it castigated the plant operator for failing to catch the problem earlier. came a day after the operator of the Men's Jimmy Graham Elite Black Jersey Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant acknowledged that the 300ton (300,000liter, 80,000gallon) leak probably began nearly a month and a half before it was discovered Aug. 19.On Wednesday, regulatory officials said TEPCO has repeatedly ignored their instructions to Youth Clay Matthews Limited White Jersey improve their patrolling procedures to reduce the risk of overlooking leakages. They said TEPCO lacked expertise and also underestimated potential impact of the leak because Men's Andrew Luck Limited Jersey underground water is shallower around the tank than the company initially told regulators.Tanaka said TEPCO's handling of the Women's Sam Bradford Elite White Jersey water leaks was slow, illogical and lacked risk management. TEPCO has yet to determine the cause of the latest leak.In this June 12, 2013 file Antoine Cason Jersey photo, the steel structure for the use of the spent fuel removal from the cooling pool is seen at the Unit 4 of Quincy Black Jersey the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Youth A.J. Green Elite Black Team Color Jersey (AP Photo/Noboru Hashimto, File)In this Wednesday, June 12, 2013 photo, the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen through a bus window in Okuma, in Fukushima prefecture. (AP Photo/Noboru Hashimoto, Pool)Fukushima Leak Upgraded To Level 3 Severity
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