Leakage of highly radioactive water at Fukushima plant

Leakage of highly radioactive water at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2013 shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (R top) and numerous tanks (L bottom) containing radioactive water that has accumulated as a result of continuing water injections into the three reactors that suffered meltdowns. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, said Aug. 20, 2013, that an estimated 300 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the water storage tanks at the Fukushima plant, making it the worst leakage incident from such containers.

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