Radioactive water leaks in Japan
(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-01-15 21:48
Four workers came into contact with radioactive coolant water in a Japanese
nuclear power plant, but the operator said today that there had been no effect
on their health or on the environment from the leak.
The
incident in Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant in the western prefecture
of Fukui occurred yesterday afternoon during a regular inspection while the unit
was shut, the company said.
Just last week, Kansai Electric restarted the No. 3 nuclear power generation
unit in its Mihama plant for commercial operations after a shutdown following
Japan's worst-ever nuclear power plant accident more than two years ago.
In the August 2004 accident, hot water and steam leaking from a broken pipe
in the plant killed five workers.
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