A massive leak of uranium waste was reported August 26 at a nuclear plant operated by the government-run Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. (PNC) in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
PNC officials said they believe that radioactivity from the leak is limited to the radioactive waste storage facility in the Tokai nuclear complex, although no precise survey has been conducted.
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