Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government involvement.
He cited the emergency nature of the situation as well as pointed to the failures of Tepco in handling the matter.
Tepco has been working on repairing the plant, since it was damaged two and a half years ago, in an earthquake.
Until recently, they had been denying that there was any leak at all, but lately have given up trying to hide the fact.
Government officials say that as much as three hundred tons of radioactive water is reaching the Pacific Ocean, every day.
However, they do not believe it has been leaking that much for the entire two and a half years, stating that radiation levels would be much worse if that was the case.
It is unclear when exactly the leaking began and increased to such a degree, or what caused this to occur.
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