/ world today news/ The Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO), the largest nuclear power company in Japan, announced yesterday that the leakage of nuclear contaminated water from the purification devices at the Fukushima NPP, which occurred a day earlier, may was caused by human error.
According to local media reports, the accident resulted in the leakage of about 5.5 tons of water contaminated with nuclear fuel. The amount of radioactive material in the leaked water is estimated at 22 billion becquerels, far exceeding the standards that must be reported to the government.
Another accident at the Tokyo Electric Company is no surprise to the outside world. Since the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011, all kinds of accidents and crisis scandals have been happening in this company. As for their total number, even the company itself cannot say for sure how many there are.
This also strengthens the external judgment on three key issues. First of all, the Tokyo Electric Company is simply unable to ensure the safety of disposal of the nuclear fuel contaminated water. Second, the Japanese government should be blamed for the lack of quality oversight. Third, it is mandatory for the international community to participate in the monitoring of the disposal of contaminated nuclear water by the Japanese side.
Japanese politicians must show their responsibility and conscience by taking seriously the safety hazards at the Tokyo Electric Company, canceling the next disposal plan, and consulting with the international community to find a plan acceptable to all parties. If Japan and TEPCO choose the wrong path, they will have to pay the price of their mistakes.
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