Leaks grow at 'stable' Japan nuclear plant
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February 4, 2012, Saturday
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LEAKS of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant less than two months after it was declared basically stable.
The problem underlines the continuing challenges facing Tokyo Electric Power Co as it attempts to keep the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant under control. A massive earthquake and tsunami badly damaged the plant last March, resulting in the melting of three reactor cores.
Workers spotted a leak yesterday at a water reprocessing unit which released enough beta rays to cause radiation sickness, a TEPCO spokesman said. He said no one was injured and the leak stopped after bolts were tightened on a tank.
The spokesman said TEPCO also found that 8.5 tons of radioactive water had leaked earlier in the week after a pipe became detached at one of the plant's six reactors. He said officials are investigating, but that it was unlikely the pipe had been loosened by aftershocks that have hit the plant.
Officials have not detected any signs of radioactive water from the leaks reaching the surrounding ocean.
The problem underlines the continuing challenges facing Tokyo Electric Power Co as it attempts to keep the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant under control. A massive earthquake and tsunami badly damaged the plant last March, resulting in the melting of three reactor cores.
Workers spotted a leak yesterday at a water reprocessing unit which released enough beta rays to cause radiation sickness, a TEPCO spokesman said. He said no one was injured and the leak stopped after bolts were tightened on a tank.
The spokesman said TEPCO also found that 8.5 tons of radioactive water had leaked earlier in the week after a pipe became detached at one of the plant's six reactors. He said officials are investigating, but that it was unlikely the pipe had been loosened by aftershocks that have hit the plant.
Officials have not detected any signs of radioactive water from the leaks reaching the surrounding ocean.
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