A reactor at Japan’s crippled nuclear plant has been more badly damaged than originally thought, operator Tepco has said.
Water is leaking from the pressure vessel surrounding reactor 1 – probably because of damage caused by exposed fuel rods melting, a spokesman said.
Contaminated water had also entered the sea from a pit near reactor 3 but this had now been stopped, he said.
Continue reading at “Setbacks at Japan nuclear plant” via BBC News.
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