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Leaking Fukushima Containers Could Lead to Hydrogen Explosions

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Reuters / Kimimasa Mayama
Leaking Fukushima containers could lead to hydrogen explosions
rt.com, 25 May 2015

Containers holding contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are at risk of hydrogen explosions, with 10 percent of them found to be leaking. As many as 333 containers may be defective, according to TEPCO.

The first leak was discovered by the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), on April 2. The discovery prompted an inspection of other containers at the site.

Twenty-six of the 278 containers examined by May 20 had some sort of leak or were bleeding from their lids. There are a total of 1,307 containers at the plant.
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