A handout photo taken by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on August 23 shows nuclear watchdog members, including Nuclear Regulation Authority members in radiation protection suits, inspecting contaminated water tanks at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima prefecture. AFP PHOTO
TOKYO: Japan’s government was ramping up pressure on electric utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) after a huge leak of radioactive water at Fukushima, with a ministerial visit to the wrecked nuclear site on Monday.