(Euronews) Japan's devastated nuclear plant at Fukushima is facing a new emergency due to radioactive water underground that is threatening to rise to the surface.
The operator Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power Company) is struggling to contain water that is seeping into the Pacific Ocean.
It has released a video of a probe from one of the reactors.
The country's Nuclear Regulatory Authority says a barrier has already been breached and the leak could accelerate rapidly.
"The situation is already beyond Tepco's control. Otherwise they'd already have taken proper measures. They are doing everything they can but but there are no perfect solutions," said Masashi Goto, a retired nuclear engineer who worked on several Tepco plants.
The operator says it is taking steps to prevent the leak, but the regulator argues the measures are only temporary.
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I had a feeling that Fukushima was still leaking.
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