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Pipe leaks water from reactor 4 fuel pool
Tepco discovers that 8.5 tons of radioactive coolant water leaked in reactor 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, somewhat higher than its initial estimate of 6 liters, but says none flowed outside the building.
Tepco discovers that 8.5 tons of radioactive coolant water leaked in reactor 4 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, somewhat higher than its initial estimate of 6 liters, but says none flowed outside the building.
And in related news...
Mass suit in Saga
KYODO
SAGA — A record 1,704 people from across Japan are suing the government and Kyushu Electric Power Co., demanding the shutdown of all four reactors at the utility's Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture.
In the suit filed Tuesday with the Saga District Court against the state and Kyushu Electric Power, the plaintiffs from Saga and 28 other prefectures assert the reactors are dangerous and make them feel insecure amid the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
They are also seeking compensation of ¥10,000 each per month covering the period from March 2011, when the crisis erupted at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 power plant, until Kyushu Electric totally shuts down the Genkai atomic plant.
"We want the judges to agree that the safety dogma regarding nuclear reactors has collapsed during the trial," said Akira Hasegawa, the plaintiffs' leader and former president of Saga University...
KYODO
SAGA — A record 1,704 people from across Japan are suing the government and Kyushu Electric Power Co., demanding the shutdown of all four reactors at the utility's Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture.
In the suit filed Tuesday with the Saga District Court against the state and Kyushu Electric Power, the plaintiffs from Saga and 28 other prefectures assert the reactors are dangerous and make them feel insecure amid the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
They are also seeking compensation of ¥10,000 each per month covering the period from March 2011, when the crisis erupted at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 power plant, until Kyushu Electric totally shuts down the Genkai atomic plant.
"We want the judges to agree that the safety dogma regarding nuclear reactors has collapsed during the trial," said Akira Hasegawa, the plaintiffs' leader and former president of Saga University...
Both stories at this link:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120202a3.html
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