Japanese industry minister criticizes Fukushima plant over radioactive leak [Video]

• Japan’s industry minister has criticized the president of the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear plant for a radioactive water leak earlier this month.
• The recent leak of highly radioactive water, along with other incidents, has raised concerns about safety at the plant.
• Last October, four workers were exposed to radioactive liquid waste during cleaning, resulting in two hospitalizations.

Japan’s industry minister summoned the president of the utility that runs the Fukushima nuclear power plant to his office Wednesday and chided him for a radioactive water leak at the plant earlier this month.

Mishaps related to the massive amount of contaminated water at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant are especially sensitive while the government tries to get support for discharging treated wastewater into the sea — a process that will take decades and has worried people inside and outside Japan.

Industry Minister Ken Saito called for heightened safety awareness and preventive measures and urged company President Tomoaki Kobayakawa to take it seriously …