Radioactive water leaks at Japanese nuclear plant
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Posted at 2:42pm on 13 Apr 2006
News agencies in Japan report there has been a leak of radioactive water at a Japanese nuclear plant.
Japan's Kyodo news agency says on Tuesday up to 40 litres of water containing plutonium leaked at the site in Rokkasho, northern Japan. The site had just opened for a test run.
The plant is one the first in the country to be able to extract uranium and plutonium from spent nuclear fuel.
The plant's operator, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd, said on Wednesday that there was no safety risk as the water was collected in a vessel designed for such an incident.
A spokesman says radioactivity monitors showed there had been no effect outside the cell.
The plant began its current series of trial operations on March 31, and the accident was the first at the facility since then. There have been previous incidents during trials at the facility since 2001, and the plant is yet to go into operation.
Nuclear installations supply much of the power in Japan. Last month the government ordered the closure of a plant north-west of Tokyo amid fears it would not survive an earthquake.
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Posted at 2:42pm on 13 Apr 2006
News agencies in Japan report there has been a leak of radioactive water at a Japanese nuclear plant.
Japan's Kyodo news agency says on Tuesday up to 40 litres of water containing plutonium leaked at the site in Rokkasho, northern Japan. The site had just opened for a test run.
The plant is one the first in the country to be able to extract uranium and plutonium from spent nuclear fuel.
The plant's operator, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd, said on Wednesday that there was no safety risk as the water was collected in a vessel designed for such an incident.
A spokesman says radioactivity monitors showed there had been no effect outside the cell.
The plant began its current series of trial operations on March 31, and the accident was the first at the facility since then. There have been previous incidents during trials at the facility since 2001, and the plant is yet to go into operation.
Nuclear installations supply much of the power in Japan. Last month the government ordered the closure of a plant north-west of Tokyo amid fears it would not survive an earthquake.
Copyright © 2006 Radio New Zealand
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