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“Reactor 3 at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power station is leaking” — TEPCO says Cesium at 620,000 times above limit

Published: May 11th, 2011 at 2:23 pm ET
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DAMAGED JAPANESE POWER STATION HAS NEW RADIOACTIVE LEAK, Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, May 11, 2011:

Reactor 3 at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power station is leaking, a TEPCo spokesman announced. It is not confirmed whether the radioactive water has gone from the holding tank into the ocean. TEPCO, the company that manages the power station, is conducting tests. [...]

Radioactive water found in No.3 reactor pit, NHK, May 11, 2011:

Tokyo Electric Power Company says water containing radioactive material has been found flowing into a pit outside of the No.3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. [...]

Workers could not confirm whether the water was leaking out into the sea, but they reported seeing froth near the water intake.

TEPCO says the concentration of radioactive Cesium in water sampled from the pit was 620,000 times higher than the safety limit set by the government. [...]

Published: May 11th, 2011 at 2:23 pm ET
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