Abe to End ’Ad Hoc’ Response to Fukushima Nuclear Crisis
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to end the country’s “ad hoc” response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster as the government announced plans to spend 47 billion yen ($473 million) to stop leaks of radioactive water.
The government is intervening after repeated leaks in the last month indicated the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. is losing control of the site. The company, known as Tepco, said in one incident about 300 tons of highly radioactive water had escaped from a storage tank.