After 300 metric tons of irradiated water were discovered to have recently leaked from the facility, Japan's nuclear regulator decided to label the incident "serious" and called TEPCO's ability to deal with the situation into question. Zengo Aizawa a vice president at TEPCO, made an international call for help on August 21 at a press briefing in the nation's capital.

Russia had previously sent Japan a 5 kilogram (11 pound) sample of an absorbent that could be used at Fukushima and formed working groups ready to help the country on health effect assessment, decontamination and fuel management, among other things that Japan never took advantage of. Hopefully, Russia will now be able to help out in this growing global disaster.

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