By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy, wires

Photo: TEPCO says it does not know how much water has leaked from the damaged Fukushima reactor. (AFP: Tomohiro Ohsumi)

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant says it has found a new leak of radioactive water that might have flowed into the Pacific Ocean.

The leak from the 450-tonne storage tank is the second of its kind in as many months, and involved water with high concentrations of radioactive strontium and caesium.
Fukashima operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) says it does not know how much water leaked, adding that it could have flowed from an adjoining drainage ditch into the sea.
TEPCO has apologised for causing anxiety.
Last month, 300 tonnes of highly contaminated water leaked from a tank and some is believed to have flowed into the Pacific.

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Second breach at Fukushima nuclear plant leaks toxic water into sea

Highly contaminated water overflows into Pacific Ocean in second leak in two months at Daiichi site

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theguardian.com, Thursday 3 October 2013 04.51 EDT

leaked from a water tank at TEPCO's Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plan

Contaminated water leaking out from a tank at Tepco's damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, in August. Now another leak has been reported. Photograph: Tepco/AFP/Getty Images

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said on Thursday another tank holding highly contaminated water overflowed, probably sending the liquid into the Pacific Ocean, in the second such breach in less than two months.
Recent site mishaps have returned Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, to the spotlight, calling into question its ability to execute a complex cleanup that could last decades. The company has vowed to monitor the tanks more closely and improve its water management.
Amid mounting international alarm, Japan's government stepped in last month and said it would fund efforts to improvement water management at the plant.
The latest leaks show Tepco's efforts to improve its handling of the contaminated water are not sufficient, Japan's top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, told reporters on Thursday. The government will take steps to deal with the water, he said, adding that he thought the situation was under control.
Tepco has been relying on hastily built tanks to hold excess cooling water flushed over damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi site, where three units suffered nuclear meltdowns and hydrogen explosions after a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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2013

Status of TEPCO's Nuclear Power Stations after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake

Oct 3,2013	Water Dropping from the Top Plate of the B Area (South) Tank at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (Follow-up Information 3)
Oct 3,2013	Seawater Leak from the Motor Cooling Water Pipe of the Remaining Heat Removal System Seawater Pump (D) for Unit 6 at Fukushima Daiichi NPS
Oct 3,2013	Water Leak in Unit 5 Waste Treatment Building at Fukushima Daiichi NPS
Oct 3,2013	Overflow of Water from the Dike of H8-South Area at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (Follow-up Information 3)
Oct 3,2013	Water Dropping from the Top Plate of the B Area (south) Tank at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (From the First Issue to the Follow-up Information 2)
Oct 2,2013	Overflow of Water from the Dike of H8-South Area at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (Follow-up Information 2)
Oct 2,2013	Overflow of Water from the Dike of H8-South Area at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (Follow-up Information)
Oct 2,2013	Overflow of Water from the Dike of H8-South Area at Fukushima Daiichi NPS
Oct 1,2013	Overflow of Water from the Notch Tank Which Locates at the East of the H5 Area Tank and Stores Water inside the Dike at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (Follow-up Information)
Oct 1,2013	Suspension of the Nitrogen Gas Separation Apparatus A at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (Follow-up Information 2)
Oct 1,2013	Suspension of the Nitrogen Gas Separation Apparatus A at Fukushima Daiichi NPS (Follow-up Information)
Oct 1,2013	Suspension of the Nitrogen Gas Separation Apparatus A at Fukushima Daiichi NPS
Oct 1,2013	Overflow of Water from the Notch Tank Which Locates at the East of the H5 Area Tank and Stores Water Inside the Dike at Fukushima Daiichi NPS

Fukushima News 10/1/13: Thousands in Japan Suffering Massive And Recurring Nosebleeds In Recent Days

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TEPCO resumes water decontamination at Fukushima
The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant resumed decontamination of waste water early Monday.
On Friday, Tokyo Electric Power Company resumed a test run of its Advanced Liquid Processing System, or ALPS system, designed to remove radioactive materials from the contaminated water.
12,000 plus 2,000 new items checked in Monju
The operator of a trouble-hit prototype reactor has completed safety checks on about 14,000 pieces of equipment that should have been inspected earlier.
The checks included about 2,000 items the operator recently discovered hadn't been inspected.
Tainted rainwater overflows at Fukushima Daiichi
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant face another challenge.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says 4 tons of radioactive rainwater has seeped into the ground after overflowing from a storage container.
The spill occurred on Tuesday when workers were pumping into the container rainwater that had collected around wastewater storage tanks. Officials of the firm say the overflow occurred because the workers transferred the water to the wrong container.
Decontamination tests start in high-radiation zone
Japan's Environment Ministry has started trial decontamination in high-radiation zones near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Parts of 7 municipalities near the plant have been designated as unsuitable for living due to radiation levels over 50 millisieverts per year.
'Radioactive Spill' at Fukushima: Tons seeping into ground; 'Widespread structural problems' indicated with tanks — Nitrogen injection for preventing explosions at reactors temporarily halted
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Japan's nuclear regulator is coming under fire from intellectuals. They're being criticized for bureaucratic behavior.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority fielded comments on Monday from 6 experts who are studying the crisis in Fukushima. The discussion was a review of the NRA's first year of operation.
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