BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- More than 8 tonnes of radioactive water leaked from a reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant but none reached outside the reactor building.
The leak discovered late on Tuesday was from a pipe at the plant’s No.4 reactor. TEPCO supected the pipe may have burst after freezing due to cold weather.
Experts say the incident, which follows smaller leaks last weekend, is not a big setback to getting the plant under control.
The Fukushima Daiichi plant was wrecked by the March 11th earthquake and tsunami, triggering reactor meltdowns and radiation leaks that caused mass evacuations and widespread contamination.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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