Tokyo:
Japan's crippled nuclear plant has a new leak of highly radioactive water entering the Pacific Ocean after a storage tank overflowed.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Corporation said today that workers detected the water dripping from the top of a tank when they were patrolling the site the night before.
TEPCO estimates 430 liters (110 gallons) of water leaked outside a concrete barrier surrounding the tank and four others. TEPCO believes the water reached the sea via a ditch next to the barrier.
Massive amounts of water have been used to cool the reactors and fuel rods since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant's cooling system. Leaks of the contaminated water are causing concerns over the plant's stability.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Corporation said today that workers detected the water dripping from the top of a tank when they were patrolling the site the night before.
TEPCO estimates 430 liters (110 gallons) of water leaked outside a concrete barrier surrounding the tank and four others. TEPCO believes the water reached the sea via a ditch next to the barrier.
Massive amounts of water have been used to cool the reactors and fuel rods since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant's cooling system. Leaks of the contaminated water are causing concerns over the plant's stability.
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