According to early reports, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) attempted to cool damaged reactors by filling the reactor containment vessels with water leaking from the core, but radioactive water pouring out of the reactors was pooling around the complex, hampering recovery attempts. Radiation levels in the ocean surrounding Fukushima have been reported as being as much as 6,500 times the legal limit. Meanwhile, over half a million households in the Fukushima area continue to struggle without access to water. Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Īlthough Japanese authorities have looked to prevent the spread of radiation in the country’s water systems and the ocean surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi plant, radiation has been found in tap water in the capital, Tokyo, over 120 miles away.