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Japanese Nuclear Plant Releases More Radioactive Water

HeadlineDec 06, 2011

Operators of Japan’s earthquake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility have disclosed large amounts of radioactive water have leaked through a concrete wall and may have reached the Pacific Ocean. According to Tokyo Electric Power, as much as 45 tons of the water has been released.

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