Leakage of highly radioactive water at Fukushima plant

Leakage of highly radioactive water at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2013 shows the four buildings (in background) containing the Nos. 1-4 reactors, and numerous tanks (foreground) containing radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. 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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