Operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has already chopped down trees to make room for more tanks and predicts the volume will more than triple within three years.
"Our land is limited and we could eventually run out of storage space," said water treatment manager Yuichi Okamura.
Nuclear engineer Masashi Goto said the contaminated water build-up poses a long-term threat.
He said that the radioactive water in the basements may already be getting into the underground water system, where it could reach far beyond the plant, possibly into the ocean or public water supplies.
"You never know where it's leaking and once it's out you can't put it back," he said.
He added that the Tepco roadmap for dealing with the problem was "wishful thinking."
"The longer it takes, the more contaminated water they get."
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