Radiation-tainted water leak at Fukushima Daiichi plant

Radiation-tainted water leak at Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows water believed to contain high levels of radiation leaking to the sea from a crack in the wall of a pit near the No. 2 reactor at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on April 2, 2011, prior to emergency measures taken in an attempt to stop the flow. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

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