Japan finds new leaks of highly radioactive water at stricken nuclear plant
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Japan finds new leaks of highly radioactive water at stricken nuclear plant
The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No.4 reactor building is seen before the removal of debris on the upper side of the unit in Fukushima prefecture, in this handout picture taken on September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Tokyo Electric Power Co./Handout
Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:35pm EST
(Reuters) - Japan's stricken nuclear power plant has leaked more than 600 liters of highly radioactive water, forcing it to briefly suspend cooling operations at a spent-fuel pond at the weekend, the plant's operator and domestic media said.
The Fukushima plant, on the coast north of Tokyo, was wrecked by a huge earthquake and tsunami in March last year, triggering the evacuation of around 80,000 people in the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.
The operator of the complex, the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), reported two main leakages of highly radioactive water on Sunday, one from a pump near the plant's office building and another from a back-up cooling system at reactor No.4.
"The cooling water is from reactor No. 4. It added that some water from the other leakage had flowed into a drain and "we are examining whether this water has flowed into the ocean or not."
(Reporting by Mark Bendeich; Editing by Kavita Chandran)
Japan finds new leaks of highly radioactive water at stricken nuclear plant
The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No.4 reactor building is seen before the removal of debris on the upper side of the unit in Fukushima prefecture, in this handout picture taken on September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Tokyo Electric Power Co./Handout
Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:35pm EST
(Reuters) - Japan's stricken nuclear power plant has leaked more than 600 liters of highly radioactive water, forcing it to briefly suspend cooling operations at a spent-fuel pond at the weekend, the plant's operator and domestic media said.
The Fukushima plant, on the coast north of Tokyo, was wrecked by a huge earthquake and tsunami in March last year, triggering the evacuation of around 80,000 people in the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years.
The operator of the complex, the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), reported two main leakages of highly radioactive water on Sunday, one from a pump near the plant's office building and another from a back-up cooling system at reactor No.4.
"The cooling water is from reactor No. 4. It added that some water from the other leakage had flowed into a drain and "we are examining whether this water has flowed into the ocean or not."
(Reporting by Mark Bendeich; Editing by Kavita Chandran)
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