overshadowed by the royal newborn about the fact that for the last two years radioactive water from fukushima nuclear site has been leaking into the pacific ocean. continuously and just now tokyo's power company tepco finally admitted it tepco spokesperson issued a statement this week saying that quote we would like to offer our deep up paula for causing grave worries for many people specially for people in fukushima and apology that's too little too late health concerns over exposure to contaminated food products are ongoing not to mention contaminated seafood an ocean life that goes far beyond japan sadly a solution to this disaster remains at a distance as tepco continues its cleanup efforts the levels of radioactivity and groundwater continue to rise and the worst part of it all that tepco has no official way of handling radioactive water which some fear it could mean the radioactive material will eventually get dumped into the ocean. it's a terrifying prospect that will undoubtedly. planet instead of having a meaningful discussion about the dangers of nuclear energy and news networks are

for causing grave worries for many people especially for people in fukushima and apology that's too little too late health concerns over exposure to contaminated food products are ongoing not to mention contaminated seafood and ocean life that goes far beyond japan sadly a solution to this disaster remains at a distance as tepco continues its cleanup efforts the levels of radioactivity and groundwater continue to rise and the worst part of it all that tepco has no official way of handling radioactive water which some fear could mean the radioactive material will eventually get dumped into the ocean. it's a terrifying prospect that will undoubtedly affect everyone on this planet instead of having a meaningful discussion about the dangers of nuclear energy and news networks are far more concerned with how much air is on that little baby's head court of the media learning that is much more important than news that actually affects our lives and when there are so many other stories begin for attention any distraction is one too many. still ahead on tonight's show we'll take a look at the link

the units must pass stricter safety checks put in place in response to the 2011 accident in fukushima. power cha eer companies are see restart ten reactors. they're located throughout japan on the northern island of hokkaido to sendai. power company executives submitted their applications to the nuclear regulation authority on monday, the day the new safety requirements took effect. 80 experts with the watchdog will determine whether the utilities have taken all necessary measures to make sure plants wi plants can withstand. it will take six months to process each applications. currently two are online. the regulatory agency says the stricter safety rules are based on lessons learned from the disaster at fukushima daiichi two years ago. does that mean that nuclear safety is guaranteed? our reporter has more. >> reporter: new requirements requires operators to implement a number of measures, protecting for the highest tsunami waves, setting up breakwaters and take other precautions to prevent sea water from entering a facility. the new requirements also oblige operators to upgrade thei