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unhappycamper

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Sun Apr 7, 2013, 07:52 AM Apr 2013

Radioactive Water 'Escapes' from Fukushima Tank

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/06



The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Radioactive Water 'Escapes' from Fukushima Tank
- Common Dreams staff
Published on Saturday, April 6, 2013 by Common Dreams

Up to 120 tonnes of radioactive water may have "escaped" from an underground storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, an official announced Saturday.

"We are transferring the remaining water from the tank to others," said a Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) spokesman. The company claims that it is "unlikely" any of the contaminated water found its way into the ocean.

The contaminated water may have leaked from one of the seven underground reservoir tanks which stores water previously used to cool down the nuclear reactors, AFP reports.

The news follows reports Friday that one of the plant's cooling systems had failed temporarily, the second outage in a matter of weeks.
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Radioactive Water 'Escapes' from Fukushima Tank (Original Post) unhappycamper Apr 2013 OP
Nuclear, the gift that keeps on giving madokie Apr 2013 #1
christ on a cracker!!! chervilant Apr 2013 #2
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