New Leak at Japan Nuke Plant Due to Tank Overflow

[Hissyspit]

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Source: Associated Press

Oct 2, 11:59 PM EDT

NEW LEAK AT JAPAN NUKE PLANT DUE TO TANK OVERFLOW

Oct 2, 11:59 PM EDT

TOKYO (AP) -- 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 Co. said Thursday 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.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/leak-japan-nuke-plant-due-tank-overflow-20453236

[intaglio]

1. Another day, another cock-up by TEPCO

Trouble is that this is becoming so normal many are loosing the sense of urgency needed to deal with this.

[daleo]

2. A tank overflow

In other words, a leak.

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. No, iin a way this is worse than another regular leak...

This shows that they can't manage this crisis even when equipment functions the way that it is intended to. It doesn't take advanced technological expertise to plan for a tank filling up if water is continually fed into it. Eventually any tank ever constructed will overflow if water keeps running into it This is gross incompetence, something no technology on earth can protect against.

[WilliamPitt]

4. Bad link.

Here: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/leak-japan-nuke-plant-due-tank-overflow-20453236