Saturday, April 2, 2011

Radioactive water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant is leaking into sea

Tepco officials say 20cm crack in containment pit under reactor two may be source

Radioactive water from Japan s quake-striken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is leaking into the sea, its operator said.

The 20cm (8in) crack in a containment pit under reactor two may be the source of recent radiation in coastal waters, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) officials said.

Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director-general of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, said Tepco was planning to pour

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