No one knew it was leaking until a worker found it on May 11. The amount of radioactive materials in the leaking water was far less than the pit water gushing from the Reactor 2 back in early April.
Reactor 3 uses MOX fuel.
TEPCO announced on May 11 evening that a high concentration of...
Radiation levels in sea water near Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant have reached more than 3,000 times the legal limit, officials said, as efforts continue to bring the country's nuclear crisis under control.
Japan's nuclear safety agency said on Wednesday that water near the crippled...