The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has admitted for the first time that the site™s reactors are leaking highly contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, admitted the leakage to the ocean for the first time since a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami damaged the plant™s reactors in 2011.

The operator made the acknowledgement after steam was seen at one of the plant’s reactors on Tuesday.

TEPCO has come under criticism for its delay in the announcement, since experts had harbored strong suspicions about a possible leak for a long time.

Previously, the company had denied reports suggesting that contaminated water was leaking into the ocean.

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