Leak remains vigilant in Fukushima

Japanese officials are struggling to end the nuclear crisis worst since Chernobyl in the world focused on a crack in a concrete pit of radiation leaks into the ocean from a damaged reactor. The operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it had found a crack in a concrete pit that was leaking water in reactor No.

2 of the Fukushima plant, measuring a thousand mSv of radiation per hour in the air within the well. "With the rise in radiation levels in the seawater near the plant, we tried to confirm the reason (...), is could be the source," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, vice chairman of the Nuclear Safety Agency Industrial (NISA).

But he warned that could not be sure to review the results. The leak did not stop after the concrete was poured into the pit and Tokyo Electric now plans to use polymers that absorb water to prevent contaminated fluid reaches the sea. Employees at the plant said that the revisions to the five other reactors found no cracks.

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