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Japan nuclear plant could leak more radioactive water
Posted by Reuters: Yoko Kubota on June 3rd, 2011
Reuters: The operator of the stricken Japanese nuclear power plant said on Friday that more radioactive water could begin spilling into the sea later this month if there is a glitch in setting up a new decontamination system.
Tokyo Electric Power Co also said that two workers may have been exposed to radiation at more than twice the limit set by the government, the most serious case so far of exposure among hundreds of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Nearly 110,000 tonnes of highly radioactive...
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Fukushima reactor water leak risks delaying crisis plan
Posted by Reuters: Yoko Kubota on May 12th, 2011
Reuters: Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is leaking water from the center of the reactor seen as the closest to stabilizing, its operator said Thursday, risking a delay in its plan to resolve the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, are pumping water at four reactors to bring their nuclear fuel rods to a "cold shutdown" state by January.
But after repairing a gauge in the...