Japan’s nuclear watchdog is warning of a new “emergency” at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power Plant that the plant's operator is not sufficiently addressing; a build-up of radioactive groundwater that’s seeping into the Ocean.

The head of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority’s Fukushima task force Shinji Kinjo says a barrier built to contain the water has already breached, and the amount of contaminated water leaking into the Pacific Ocean could accelerate rapidly.  He says the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which operates the plant, is only proposing “Band-Aid” solutions.

Tepco's “sense of crisis is weak,” Kinjo said.  “This is why you can't just leave it up to Tepco alone"” to grapple with the ongoing disaster.

“Right now, we have an emergency,” he said.

Tepco pumps 400 tons of water into the reactors and waste pools daily.  But other than the temporary storage which is bubbling over, there’s no plan on what to do with that contaminated water.

It’s the latest problem for Japan and TEPCO.  Since the triple meltdown in March of 2011, recovery efforts have been hampered with leaks, failures, and even a rat eating through some crucial electric cables.