Radioactive water leak suspends Japan reactor start-up

Radioactive water leak suspends Japan reactor start-up Tokyo (AFP) Feb 21, 2016 - A radioactive water leak has halted plans to re-start a reactor at a nuclear power plant in western Japan, which would have been the fourth to come online after a nationwide shutdown, its operator said Sunday. Kansai Electric Power said some 34 litres (8.8 gallons) of cooling water containing radioactive substances leaked out from the reactor at its Takahama plant 380 kilometres (236 miles) ... morehttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/Radioactive_water_leak_suspends_Japan_reactor_start-up_999.html