Smoke fills nuke power facility in Ibaraki, no radioactive leakage

Smoke filled a solid waste disposal facility at a nuclear power station in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture on Friday morning, but no radioactive leakage, injuries or environmental damage have been reported, according to the operator and local government officials. The electric power generation operations of the nuclear reactor at the Tokai No. 2 Power Station are continuing despite the incident, which occurred around 6:35 a.m., operator Japan Atomic Power Co. said. To access... [read full story]