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Small radioactive water leak after Japan quake: company [1]

A small amount of radioactive water leaked at a storage facility at a nuclear power plant Saturday after an earthquake in Japan but there should be no concern to the public, the operator said. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said that 14.8 litres (3.8 gallons) of water came out of a pool in which radioactive equipment is stored at the Fukushima Number Two Reactor in northern Fukushima prefecture. "But the radiation level of the water is far below the level that could potentially affect the environment," a company spokesman said, adding that the reactor itself continued operation.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2008
Haveeru Daily (Maldives) [2]
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Nuclear Power [3], Radioactive Waste [4], Japan [5]
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