15 tons of radioactively contaminated water leaks from storage tank at Fukushima Daiichi

Reuters reports that a storage container for radioactively contaminated cooling water at Fukushima Daiichi has sprung a leak and spilled 15 metric tons of its contents onto the ground. Also, the latest attempt to restart the water decontamination system yesterday was aborted after just an hour and a half of operations. Tokyo Electric Power Company is desperately trying to decontaminate over 100,000 tons of radioactively contaminated cooling water. It has run out of containers or locations to store any more, despite the ongoing need to douse the three melted down cores, lest they burn deeper through plant facilities and even the ground. Especially considering the rainy season, radioactively contaminated water could again start overflowing into the ocean.