Tepco seeks French aid to contain nuclear crisis

Tepco sought assistance from French nuclear power authorities to address the crisis at the Fukushima power plant.

Among the entities that Tokyo Electric Power Co. asked support from include the Electricite de France, Areva and the Nuclear Energy Agency, according to French industry and energy minister Eric Besson.

On 28 March, water contaminated with radiation 100,000 times over normal was found in concrete tunnels extending beyond one EDF had announced a set of relief measures including sending experts and robots to the Fukushima plant following radiation leaks at the plant.