URGENT: Radiation leaks from fuel rods suspected at Tsuruga plant: local gov't FUKUI, Japan, May 2,

[nadinbrzezinski]

Leaks of radioactive materials from fuel rods have been suspected at a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, the Fukui prefectural government said Monday, citing a rise in density of the toxic substances in coolant water.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/05/89008.html

Let me see if find more on this... of note, this is NOT Fukushima Daichi

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The operator, Japan Atomic Power Co., will manually shut down the No. 2 reactor of the plant on the Sea of Japan coast and examine the primary cooling system for it. The local government denied that the levels of radioactive substances could threaten the nearby environment.

According to Japan Atomic, 4.2 becquerels of iodine-133 and 3,900 becquerels of xenon gas were detected per cubic centimeter Monday, up from 2.1 and 5.2 becquerels, respectively, during previous measurements conducted last Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.setyoufreenews.com/2011/05/radiation-leaks-from-fuel-rods.html#ixzz1LEL4eBd2

[flamingdem]

1. So much for saying it was just a one off set of circumstances.. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Hubby was not surprised

me I went, OH SHIT

[femrap]

3. I assume this is

another GE-designed plant. Maybe this design has reached its 'end phase?'

This has been a bad idea from the beginning. GE: Bringing good things to Death.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. As hubby pointed out

if you really want to go for the oh shit moment... the 9 pointer shook things up. He wasn't surprised. He actually expects four to five sites to have issues.

early on Daichi and it's cousin what it is 50 miles East, did.