» 300 tons of radioactive water leaked from the tank

2013/08/21

Regarding the new radioactive water leakage from the storage tank at Fukushima No.1 plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. revealed the fact that roughly 300 tons of water have leaked.

TEPCO detected in the leaked water 80 million becquerels per liter of radioactive substances emitting beta rays, such as strontium-90, and admitted it has not yet identified from which area of the tank the polluted water is escaping.

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Tank leaks 300 tons of radioactive water at Fukushima plant (Ashahi Newspaper)

300 tons of highly toxic water leaks from tank at Fukushima plant (Mainichi Newspaper)

300 tons of contaminated water leak from tanks at Fukushima plant(Kyodo News)

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