New Radioactivity Leak at N-Plant

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JAPAN'S tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant is leaking highly radioactive water into the sea from a newly discovered area of damage.

The Fukushima plant has been spewing radioactivity since March 11, when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami knocked out power, disabling cooling systems and allowing radiation to seep out of the overheating reactors. The water was last night seeping from a recently found crack in a maintenance pit on the edge of the nuclear site into the Pacific Ocean.

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New Radioactivity Leak at N-Plant

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