A national fishermen's organization on Thursday criticized Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s management of the radioactive water accumulating at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and said the utility should act under government guidance to remedy the situation.
"Your company's radioactive water management has failed," the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations told Tepco President Naomi Hirose after it invited him to its office in Tokyo. "We want the problem to be fundamentally resolved as early as possible under the government's leadership."
Hirose apologized for the recently confirmed leak of highly toxic water from one of the huge storage tanks at Fukushima No. 1, some of which is believed to have reached the Pacific Ocean.