Japan:Leaked oil found in seawater near Fukushima Daini

Laaska News  June 9,2011
Tokyo Electric Power Company says oil has leaked into the sea from another suspended nuclear power plant in Fukushima. The utility sees the oil leaked from a transformer at the plant after the March 11th earthquake.

TEPCO employees found the leaked oil in seawater near the water outlets of Reactors 3 and 4 at the Fukushima Daini power plant. The plant is about 10 kilometers south of Tepco’s crippled Daiichi nuclear complex.

The utility says the oil is likely to have leaked from a transformer used to supply power to the plant from the outside grid. The oil is believed to have accumulated in an emergency water tank in the basement.

It says the water could have overflowed into the sea through rainwater pipes connected to the tank while workers drained the tank on Wednesday to inspect it.

The utility says it will retrieve the oil and investigate the cause of the leakage. It adds that the leaked oil contains no radioactive substances.

NHK.

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