(MENAFN- QNA) Officials in charge of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant say around 20 liters of highly radioactive water leaked from equipment used to treat tainted rainwater. But they said the incident poses no danger to the outside environment.
Tokyo Electric Power Company officials said the leak came to light when an alarm went off. Workers found water was coming out of a joint in a pipe.
TEPCO said all of the water fell into a receptacle below the equipment.
The utility said the water contained about 24,000 becquerels per liter of beta-ray emitting substances, a very high amount.
TEPCO officials said a valve that should have been open was closed, and they believe this raised pressure in the pipes and caused the leak.
The utility is investigating to see if there was any error on the part of workers, according to Japan's NHK World.
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