New leak identified at damaged Japanese nuclear plant

Japanese nuclear inspectors have identified a new radioactive leak at a
power plant that was badly damaged in this week’s earthquake,
compounding concerns about the safety of the country’s nuclear reactors.

The
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said radioactive iodine had leaked
from an exhaust pipe at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata
prefecture on Japan’s north-west coast following Monday’s magnitude 6.8
earthquake in which 10 people died.

The inspectors concluded that
the leak posed no threat to human health or the environment, although
that claim has yet to be confirmed by agency officials.

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One Response to “New leak identified at damaged Japanese nuclear plant”

sire01 Says:
November 8, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Gee, you would think that they wouln’t build a nuclear reactor on an earthquake prone zone. Not exactly rocket science.