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Samples from five locations outside these plants were taken on March 21 and 22. TEPCO finally announced on 28 Mar that those samples were radioactive. And contained plutonium. Plutonium is only created inside a reactor vessel that TEPCO believed were intact. Plutonium is one of the most dangerous radiactive elements. So TEPCO said nothing for 7 days?
Why should they? On 21 Mar, TEPCO had already made a major decision. TEPCO decided to run electric wires so that control rooms had lights. Why make a second big decision in the same week? Why admit things were that bad? Two major decisions in one week is hard. What will next week's decision be? To admit they made a mistake?
Waves of tar move faster.
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