Japanese PM assures Fukushima leak issue 'under control'

October 17, 2013 14:48

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reportedly assured that the issue of radioactive water leaking from the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant is under control and measures are being taken to address the problem.

Abe said that the Japanese government will continue efforts to tackle the problem with multiple preventive measures.

According to the Japan Times, Abe reiterated that there were no-cause-for-alarm assessments of the situation at the Fukushima plant, which suffered three reactor-core meltdowns shortly after it was hit by the 2011 Japan Earthquake and monster tsunami.

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