Tepco Says More Water May Escape Fukushima as Smaller Leak Found
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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said 47 tons (12,500 gallons) more water may escape a storage pool at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant through a leak that has been followed by another, smaller release of toxic water at a nearby tank.
Yesterday, the company known as Tepco, estimated about 120 tons of radioactive water had already escaped the No. 2 underground pool. As much as 3 liters (0.79 gallons) of radioactive water may have also escaped the No. 3 pool, Koji Sakakibara, a Tokyo-based spokesman at the utility, said today.