Members of a Fukushima prefecture panel inspect the construction of a shore barrier that is meant to stop radioactive water from leaking into the sea near the No. 1 and No. 2 reactor building of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from the Japanese power plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog said. |
