Five-and-a-half tons of water leaked from a decontamination system at Japan's defunct Fukushima nuclear power plant after a valve was left open. The operator says the leak remained within the plant and the outside environment is unaffected.
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00:00 A leak of radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan poses no risk to the
00:05 public, the plant's operator says.
00:08 Five and a half tons of water leaked from a decontamination system after a valve was
00:13 left open.
00:14 The operator said the leak was kept within the plant and the outside environment is unaffected.
00:20 The Fukushima plant had multiple meltdowns after being hit by a tsunami in 2011.
00:25 Work to decommission the station and deal with its radioactive wastewater is ongoing.
00:29 This has included the controversial release of treated mildly radioactive water into the
00:34 ocean.