Reactor No. 3: Containment vessel not holding air pressure — Gas may be leaking from damaged part of container, says TEPCO (VIDEO)

Published: July 16th, 2011 at 6:11 am ET
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TEPCO checking for gas leak from No. 3 reactor, NHK, July 15, 2011:

[...] Tokyo Electric Power Company has injected more than 200 cubic meters of nitrogen into the [No. 3] reactor’s containment vessel since Thursday evening. But it says the interior air pressure has increased very little.

TEPCO says gas may be leaking from a damaged part of the container. [...]

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Published: July 16th, 2011 at 6:11 am ET
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