By Yoko Kubota Yoko Kubota – 2 hrs 21 mins ago (May 12th 2011)TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant is leaking water from the center of the reactor seen as the closest to stabilizing, its operator said on Thursday, risking a delay in its plan to resolve the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
The discovery of the leak, through a hole in the container that houses the reactor core, provides new insight into the sequence of events that triggered a partial meltdown of the uranium fuel in the No. 1 reactor at Fukushima after the plant was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, officials said.
The battle to bring Fukushima under control has been complicated by repeated leaks of radioactive water, threatening both the nearby Pacific Ocean and nearby groundwater.
Fukushima reactor water leak risks delaying crisis plan - Reuters
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