Japan FINALLY Admits: Consumers of Sea Produce Warned as Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor INDEED Poured Contaminated Radioactive Water Into Ocean Waters

Two years after the great 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan and the resulting tsunami that damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, its operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) finally admitted on Monday that the stricken facility had likely poured contaminated radioactive water into the ocean waters.

In a complete turnaround, Tepco confirmed what had been pronounced earlier by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. Earlier this month, the NRA said the leakage of contaminated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant continues to this day.

"We would like to offer our deep apology for causing grave worries for many people, especially for people in Fukushima," Masayuki Ono, Tepco's general manager, told a news conference in comments broadast on public NHK television.

They believed the radioactive water may likely have seeped into the underground water system and escaped into the adjacent sea.

The development caused further anxieties to environment experts, claiming such leakage may likely affect marine life. It could also affect humans who are fond of consuming produce from the sea.

To counter further leakage, Tepco said it had started injecting into part of the seawall that separates the ocean from the plant site a chemical sodium silicate to prevent ground water from further seeping through.

Still, Tepco continued to insist the impact of the radioactive water's presence in the ocean waters remain limited.

"Seawater data have shown no abnormal rise in the levels of radioactivity."

TEPCO had unfailingly rebuffed that contaminated water had reached the sea, despite findings released by NRA showed otherwise based on spikes in radiation levels in underground and sea water samples taken at the plant.