Tokyo, Apr 10 (ANI): Japan will pump radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant by today, a day later than previously planned, said Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency officials.
The announcement came a day after China expressed concern at the discharge of contaminated water from the nuclear plant crippled by last month's earthquake, reflecting growing international unease over the month-long nuclear crisis.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said earlier it expected to stop pumping tainted water into the sea on Saturday, but work was interrupted by a powerful aftershock on Thursday, The China Post reports.
TEPCO is struggling to contain the worst atomic crisis since in the country.
Engineers say they are far from in control of the damaged reactors and it could take months to stabilize them and years to clear up the toxic mess left behind. (ANI)
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