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Leak in nuclear plant

TOKYO: Water containing plutonium and other radioactive materials has leaked at a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern Japan, Kyodo news reported on Wednesday, quoting its operator. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. said there was no impact seen outside the plant, which was located in Rokkasho, Aomori prefecture. The plant started its trial run on March 31. The Rokkasho plant is designed to turn spent nuclear fuel into plutonium for making power plant fuel. Yukio Takahashi, spokesman for Japan Nuclear Fuel, however, said none of the water leaked into the atmosphere and no one was exposed to radiation. The accident was caused when a robotic arm mistakenly loosened a plug in a container filled with the water, he said. — AP, Xinhua

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