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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 60 (from laksa140)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa060.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fukushima-nuclear-plant-facing-new-disaster-1.1317461\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fukushima-nuclear-plant-facing-new-disaster-1.1317461\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/fukushima-nuclear-plant-facing-new-disaster-1.1317461","crawl_time":1774178059,"first_indexed_time":1532709739,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"ca,cbc!www,\/news\/world\/fukushima-nuclear-plant-facing-new-disaster-1.1317461 s443","src_root_hash":"16866748907616178860","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Fukushima nuclear plant facing new disaster | CBC News","meta_descriptions":["Tokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the Pacific Ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"World\nTokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the Pacific Ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.\nStorage tank leak sparks fears more could follow suit\nListen to this article\nEstimated 4 minutes\nThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.\nAn aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, bottom, in Fukushima. Japan's nuclear watchdog is concerned that more storage tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will spring leaks, following the discovery that highly contaminated water is leaking from one of the hastily built containers.  (Reuters)\nTokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.\nJapan's nuclear watchdog said Thursday the leak could be the beginning of a new disaster — a series of leaks of contaminated water from hundreds of steel tanks holdng massive amounts of radioactive water coming from three melted reactors, as well as underground water running into reactor and turbine basements.\nTokyo Electric Power Co. says about 300,000 litres of contaminated water leaked from one of the tanks, possibly through a seam. The leak is the fifth, and worst, since last year involving tanks of the same design at the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, raising concerns that contaminated water could begin leaking from storage tanks one after another.\n\"That's what we fear the most. We must remain alert. We should assume that what has happened once could happen again, and prepare for more,\" Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a news conference. \"We are in a situation where there is no time to waste.\"\n'We should assume that what has happened once could happen again and prepare for more '  — Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka\nThe watchdog also proposed at a weekly meeting Wednesday to raise the rating of the seriousness of the leak to level three, a \"serious incident,\" from level one, \"an anomaly,\" on an International Nuclear and Radiological event scale from zero to seven.\nThe watchdog urged TEPCO to step up monitoring for leaks and take precautionary measures.\nDuring the meeting, officials also revealed that plant workers apparently have overlooked several signs of leaks, suggesting their twice-daily patrols were largely just a walk. They have not monitored water levels inside tanks, obviously missed a puddle forming at the bottom of the tank earlier, and kept open a valve on an anti-leakage barrier around the tanks.\nTEPCO said the leaked water is believed to have mostly seeped into the ground after escaping from the barrier around the tank. It initially said the leak did not pose an immediate threat to the sea because of its distance — about 500 metres from the coastline. But TEPCO reversed that view late Wednesday and acknowledged a possible leak to the sea after detecting high radioactivity inside a gutter extending to the ocean.\nThe company also said the tank may have been leaking slowly for weeks through a possible flaw in its bottom. That could create extensive soil contamination and a blow to plans to release untainted underground water into the sea as part of efforts to reduce the amount of radioactive water.\nThe leaks have shaken confidence in the reliability of hundreds of tanks that are crucial for storing water that has been pumped into the broken reactors to keep melted radioactive fuel cool.\nMultiple meltdowns\nThe plant suffered multiple meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 — a level seven \"major accident\" and the worst since Chernobyl, in Ukraine, in 1986.\nAbout 350 of about 1,000 steel tanks built across the plant complex containing nearly 300 million litres of partially treated contaminated water are less-durable ones with rubber seams.\nTEPCO says the tanks that have leaked use rubber seams that were intended to last about five years. TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono said it plans to build additional tanks with welded seams that are more watertight, but will still have to rely on ones with rubber seams.\nFiguring out what to do with the radioactive water is among the most pressing issues affecting the cleanup process, which is expected to take decades.\nThe leaked water's radiation level, measured about 50 centimetres above the puddle, was about 100 millisieverts per hour — the maximum cumulative exposure allowed for plant workers over five years, Ono said.\nContaminated water that TEPCO has been unable to contain continues to enter the Pacific Ocean at a rate of hundreds of tons per day. Much of that is ground water that has mixed with untreated radioactive water at the plant.\nUpdated map of the Fukushima complex showing where two high radiation readings near storage tanks were recorded on Wednesday.  (Reuters)\nWith files from Craig Dale and The Associated Press","attrs_markdown":"![](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/nojsimg.gif)\n\n[Content](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/fukushima-nuclear-plant-facing-new-disaster-1.1317461#content)\n\n[Skip to Main Content](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/fukushima-nuclear-plant-facing-new-disaster-1.1317461#content)[Accessibility Help](https:\/\/cbchelp.cbc.ca\/hc\/en-ca\/categories\/31606111569053-Accessibility)\n\n[Menu](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sitemap)\n\n[Search](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/search)\n\nSign In\n\n##### Quick Links\n- [News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Sports](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports)\n- [Radio](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio)\n- [Music](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/music)\n- [Listen Live](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio)\n- [TV](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/television)\n- [Watch](https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/)\n\n- [news](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Top Stories](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Local](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/local)\n- [Climate](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/climate)\n- [World](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world)\n- [Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics)\n- [Indigenous](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/indigenous)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business)\n- [The National](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/thenational)\n- [Health](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health)\n- [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment)\n- [Science](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science)\n- [CBC News Investigates](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/investigates)\n- [Disability Life](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/disabilitylife)\n- [Go Public](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/gopublic)\n- [About CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/about-cbc-news-1.1294364)\n- [Being Black in Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/beingblackincanada)\n- More\n  \n  - [Business](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business)\n  - [The National](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/thenational)\n  - [Health](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health)\n  - [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment)\n  - [Science](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science)\n  - [CBC News Investigates](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/investigates)\n  - [Disability Life](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/disabilitylife)\n  - [Go Public](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/gopublic)\n  - [About CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/about-cbc-news-1.1294364)\n  - [Being Black in Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/beingblackincanada)\n\nFukushima nuclear plant facing new disaster \\| CBC News Loaded\n\n[World](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world)\n\n# Fukushima nuclear plant facing new disaster\nTokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the Pacific Ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.\n\n## Storage tank leak sparks fears more could follow suit\nCBC News  ·\n\nPosted: Aug 22, 2013 1:31 PM EDT \\| Last Updated: August 23, 2013\n\n![Text to Speech Icon](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg)\n\nListen to this article\n\nEstimated 4 minutes\n\nThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.1508304,1379358600000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C663%29%3B)\n\nAn aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, bottom, in Fukushima. Japan's nuclear watchdog is concerned that more storage tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will spring leaks, following the discovery that highly contaminated water is leaking from one of the hastily built containers. (Reuters)\n## Social Sharing\nTokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.\n\nJapan's nuclear watchdog said Thursday the leak could be the beginning of a new disaster — a series of leaks of contaminated water from hundreds of steel tanks holdng massive amounts of radioactive water coming from three melted reactors, as well as underground water running into reactor and turbine basements.\n\nTokyo Electric Power Co. says about 300,000 litres of contaminated water leaked from one of the tanks, possibly through a seam. The leak is the fifth, and worst, since last year involving tanks of the same design at the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, raising concerns that contaminated water could begin leaking from storage tanks one after another.\n\n\"That's what we fear the most. We must remain alert. We should assume that what has happened once could happen again, and prepare for more,\" Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a news conference. \"We are in a situation where there is no time to waste.\"\n\n> 'We should assume that what has happened once could happen again and prepare for more ' — Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka\n\nThe watchdog also proposed at a weekly meeting Wednesday to raise the rating of the seriousness of the leak to level three, a \"serious incident,\" from level one, \"an anomaly,\" on an International Nuclear and Radiological event scale from zero to seven.\n\nThe watchdog urged TEPCO to step up monitoring for leaks and take precautionary measures.\n\nDuring the meeting, officials also revealed that plant workers apparently have overlooked several signs of leaks, suggesting their twice-daily patrols were largely just a walk. They have not monitored water levels inside tanks, obviously missed a puddle forming at the bottom of the tank earlier, and kept open a valve on an anti-leakage barrier around the tanks.\n\nTEPCO said the leaked water is believed to have mostly seeped into the ground after escaping from the barrier around the tank. It initially said the leak did not pose an immediate threat to the sea because of its distance — about 500 metres from the coastline. But TEPCO reversed that view late Wednesday and acknowledged a possible leak to the sea after detecting high radioactivity inside a gutter extending to the ocean.\n\nThe company also said the tank may have been leaking slowly for weeks through a possible flaw in its bottom. That could create extensive soil contamination and a blow to plans to release untainted underground water into the sea as part of efforts to reduce the amount of radioactive water.\n\nThe leaks have shaken confidence in the reliability of hundreds of tanks that are crucial for storing water that has been pumped into the broken reactors to keep melted radioactive fuel cool.\n\n### Multiple meltdowns\nThe plant suffered multiple meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 — a level seven \"major accident\" and the worst since Chernobyl, in Ukraine, in 1986.\n\nAbout 350 of about 1,000 steel tanks built across the plant complex containing nearly 300 million litres of partially treated contaminated water are less-durable ones with rubber seams.\n\nTEPCO says the tanks that have leaked use rubber seams that were intended to last about five years. TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono said it plans to build additional tanks with welded seams that are more watertight, but will still have to rely on ones with rubber seams.\n\nFiguring out what to do with the radioactive water is among the most pressing issues affecting the cleanup process, which is expected to take decades.\n\nThe leaked water's radiation level, measured about 50 centimetres above the puddle, was about 100 millisieverts per hour — the maximum cumulative exposure allowed for plant workers over five years, Ono said.\n\nContaminated water that TEPCO has been unable to contain continues to enter the Pacific Ocean at a rate of hundreds of tons per day. Much of that is ground water that has mixed with untreated radioactive water at the plant.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.1508307,1379105448000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C763%29%3B)\n\nUpdated map of the Fukushima complex showing where two high radiation readings near storage tanks were recorded on Wednesday. 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We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.1508304,1379358600000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C663%29%3B)\n\nAn aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, bottom, in Fukushima. Japan's nuclear watchdog is concerned that more storage tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will spring leaks, following the discovery that highly contaminated water is leaking from one of the hastily built containers. (Reuters)\n\nTokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.\n\nJapan's nuclear watchdog said Thursday the leak could be the beginning of a new disaster — a series of leaks of contaminated water from hundreds of steel tanks holdng massive amounts of radioactive water coming from three melted reactors, as well as underground water running into reactor and turbine basements.\n\nTokyo Electric Power Co. says about 300,000 litres of contaminated water leaked from one of the tanks, possibly through a seam. The leak is the fifth, and worst, since last year involving tanks of the same design at the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, raising concerns that contaminated water could begin leaking from storage tanks one after another.\n\n\"That's what we fear the most. We must remain alert. We should assume that what has happened once could happen again, and prepare for more,\" Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a news conference. \"We are in a situation where there is no time to waste.\"\n\n> 'We should assume that what has happened once could happen again and prepare for more ' — Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka\n\nThe watchdog also proposed at a weekly meeting Wednesday to raise the rating of the seriousness of the leak to level three, a \"serious incident,\" from level one, \"an anomaly,\" on an International Nuclear and Radiological event scale from zero to seven.\n\nThe watchdog urged TEPCO to step up monitoring for leaks and take precautionary measures.\n\nDuring the meeting, officials also revealed that plant workers apparently have overlooked several signs of leaks, suggesting their twice-daily patrols were largely just a walk. They have not monitored water levels inside tanks, obviously missed a puddle forming at the bottom of the tank earlier, and kept open a valve on an anti-leakage barrier around the tanks.\n\nTEPCO said the leaked water is believed to have mostly seeped into the ground after escaping from the barrier around the tank. It initially said the leak did not pose an immediate threat to the sea because of its distance — about 500 metres from the coastline. But TEPCO reversed that view late Wednesday and acknowledged a possible leak to the sea after detecting high radioactivity inside a gutter extending to the ocean.\n\nThe company also said the tank may have been leaking slowly for weeks through a possible flaw in its bottom. That could create extensive soil contamination and a blow to plans to release untainted underground water into the sea as part of efforts to reduce the amount of radioactive water.\n\nThe leaks have shaken confidence in the reliability of hundreds of tanks that are crucial for storing water that has been pumped into the broken reactors to keep melted radioactive fuel cool.\n\n### Multiple meltdowns\nThe plant suffered multiple meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 — a level seven \"major accident\" and the worst since Chernobyl, in Ukraine, in 1986.\n\nAbout 350 of about 1,000 steel tanks built across the plant complex containing nearly 300 million litres of partially treated contaminated water are less-durable ones with rubber seams.\n\nTEPCO says the tanks that have leaked use rubber seams that were intended to last about five years. TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono said it plans to build additional tanks with welded seams that are more watertight, but will still have to rely on ones with rubber seams.\n\nFiguring out what to do with the radioactive water is among the most pressing issues affecting the cleanup process, which is expected to take decades.\n\nThe leaked water's radiation level, measured about 50 centimetres above the puddle, was about 100 millisieverts per hour — the maximum cumulative exposure allowed for plant workers over five years, Ono said.\n\nContaminated water that TEPCO has been unable to contain continues to enter the Pacific Ocean at a rate of hundreds of tons per day. 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Boilerpipe Text	World Tokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the Pacific Ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Storage tank leak sparks fears more could follow suit Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, bottom, in Fukushima. Japan's nuclear watchdog is concerned that more storage tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will spring leaks, following the discovery that highly contaminated water is leaking from one of the hastily built containers. (Reuters) Tokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan's nuclear watchdog said Thursday the leak could be the beginning of a new disaster — a series of leaks of contaminated water from hundreds of steel tanks holdng massive amounts of radioactive water coming from three melted reactors, as well as underground water running into reactor and turbine basements. Tokyo Electric Power Co. says about 300,000 litres of contaminated water leaked from one of the tanks, possibly through a seam. The leak is the fifth, and worst, since last year involving tanks of the same design at the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, raising concerns that contaminated water could begin leaking from storage tanks one after another. "That's what we fear the most. We must remain alert. We should assume that what has happened once could happen again, and prepare for more," Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a news conference. "We are in a situation where there is no time to waste." 'We should assume that what has happened once could happen again and prepare for more ' — Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka The watchdog also proposed at a weekly meeting Wednesday to raise the rating of the seriousness of the leak to level three, a "serious incident," from level one, "an anomaly," on an International Nuclear and Radiological event scale from zero to seven. The watchdog urged TEPCO to step up monitoring for leaks and take precautionary measures. During the meeting, officials also revealed that plant workers apparently have overlooked several signs of leaks, suggesting their twice-daily patrols were largely just a walk. They have not monitored water levels inside tanks, obviously missed a puddle forming at the bottom of the tank earlier, and kept open a valve on an anti-leakage barrier around the tanks. TEPCO said the leaked water is believed to have mostly seeped into the ground after escaping from the barrier around the tank. It initially said the leak did not pose an immediate threat to the sea because of its distance — about 500 metres from the coastline. But TEPCO reversed that view late Wednesday and acknowledged a possible leak to the sea after detecting high radioactivity inside a gutter extending to the ocean. The company also said the tank may have been leaking slowly for weeks through a possible flaw in its bottom. That could create extensive soil contamination and a blow to plans to release untainted underground water into the sea as part of efforts to reduce the amount of radioactive water. The leaks have shaken confidence in the reliability of hundreds of tanks that are crucial for storing water that has been pumped into the broken reactors to keep melted radioactive fuel cool. Multiple meltdowns The plant suffered multiple meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 — a level seven "major accident" and the worst since Chernobyl, in Ukraine, in 1986. About 350 of about 1,000 steel tanks built across the plant complex containing nearly 300 million litres of partially treated contaminated water are less-durable ones with rubber seams. TEPCO says the tanks that have leaked use rubber seams that were intended to last about five years. TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono said it plans to build additional tanks with welded seams that are more watertight, but will still have to rely on ones with rubber seams. Figuring out what to do with the radioactive water is among the most pressing issues affecting the cleanup process, which is expected to take decades. The leaked water's radiation level, measured about 50 centimetres above the puddle, was about 100 millisieverts per hour — the maximum cumulative exposure allowed for plant workers over five years, Ono said. Contaminated water that TEPCO has been unable to contain continues to enter the Pacific Ocean at a rate of hundreds of tons per day. Much of that is ground water that has mixed with untreated radioactive water at the plant. Updated map of the Fukushima complex showing where two high radiation readings near storage tanks were recorded on Wednesday. (Reuters) With files from Craig Dale and The Associated Press
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Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.1508304,1379358600000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C663%29%3B) An aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, bottom, in Fukushima. Japan's nuclear watchdog is concerned that more storage tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will spring leaks, following the discovery that highly contaminated water is leaking from one of the hastily built containers. (Reuters) ## Social Sharing Tokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan's nuclear watchdog said Thursday the leak could be the beginning of a new disaster — a series of leaks of contaminated water from hundreds of steel tanks holdng massive amounts of radioactive water coming from three melted reactors, as well as underground water running into reactor and turbine basements. Tokyo Electric Power Co. says about 300,000 litres of contaminated water leaked from one of the tanks, possibly through a seam. The leak is the fifth, and worst, since last year involving tanks of the same design at the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, raising concerns that contaminated water could begin leaking from storage tanks one after another. "That's what we fear the most. We must remain alert. We should assume that what has happened once could happen again, and prepare for more," Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a news conference. "We are in a situation where there is no time to waste." > 'We should assume that what has happened once could happen again and prepare for more ' — Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka The watchdog also proposed at a weekly meeting Wednesday to raise the rating of the seriousness of the leak to level three, a "serious incident," from level one, "an anomaly," on an International Nuclear and Radiological event scale from zero to seven. The watchdog urged TEPCO to step up monitoring for leaks and take precautionary measures. During the meeting, officials also revealed that plant workers apparently have overlooked several signs of leaks, suggesting their twice-daily patrols were largely just a walk. They have not monitored water levels inside tanks, obviously missed a puddle forming at the bottom of the tank earlier, and kept open a valve on an anti-leakage barrier around the tanks. TEPCO said the leaked water is believed to have mostly seeped into the ground after escaping from the barrier around the tank. It initially said the leak did not pose an immediate threat to the sea because of its distance — about 500 metres from the coastline. But TEPCO reversed that view late Wednesday and acknowledged a possible leak to the sea after detecting high radioactivity inside a gutter extending to the ocean. The company also said the tank may have been leaking slowly for weeks through a possible flaw in its bottom. That could create extensive soil contamination and a blow to plans to release untainted underground water into the sea as part of efforts to reduce the amount of radioactive water. The leaks have shaken confidence in the reliability of hundreds of tanks that are crucial for storing water that has been pumped into the broken reactors to keep melted radioactive fuel cool. ### Multiple meltdowns The plant suffered multiple meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 — a level seven "major accident" and the worst since Chernobyl, in Ukraine, in 1986. About 350 of about 1,000 steel tanks built across the plant complex containing nearly 300 million litres of partially treated contaminated water are less-durable ones with rubber seams. TEPCO says the tanks that have leaked use rubber seams that were intended to last about five years. TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono said it plans to build additional tanks with welded seams that are more watertight, but will still have to rely on ones with rubber seams. Figuring out what to do with the radioactive water is among the most pressing issues affecting the cleanup process, which is expected to take decades. The leaked water's radiation level, measured about 50 centimetres above the puddle, was about 100 millisieverts per hour — the maximum cumulative exposure allowed for plant workers over five years, Ono said. Contaminated water that TEPCO has been unable to contain continues to enter the Pacific Ocean at a rate of hundreds of tons per day. Much of that is ground water that has mixed with untreated radioactive water at the plant. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.1508307,1379105448000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C763%29%3B) Updated map of the Fukushima complex showing where two high radiation readings near storage tanks were recorded on Wednesday. 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Readable Markdown	[World](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world) Tokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the Pacific Ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. ## Storage tank leak sparks fears more could follow suit ![Text to Speech Icon](https://www.cbc.ca/a/assets/texttospeech.svg) Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.1508304,1379358600000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C663%29%3B) An aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, bottom, in Fukushima. Japan's nuclear watchdog is concerned that more storage tanks at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant will spring leaks, following the discovery that highly contaminated water is leaking from one of the hastily built containers. (Reuters) Tokyo Electric Power Company workers have detected high levels of radiation in a ditch that flows into the ocean from a leaking tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan's nuclear watchdog said Thursday the leak could be the beginning of a new disaster — a series of leaks of contaminated water from hundreds of steel tanks holdng massive amounts of radioactive water coming from three melted reactors, as well as underground water running into reactor and turbine basements. Tokyo Electric Power Co. says about 300,000 litres of contaminated water leaked from one of the tanks, possibly through a seam. The leak is the fifth, and worst, since last year involving tanks of the same design at the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, raising concerns that contaminated water could begin leaking from storage tanks one after another. "That's what we fear the most. We must remain alert. We should assume that what has happened once could happen again, and prepare for more," Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka told a news conference. "We are in a situation where there is no time to waste." > 'We should assume that what has happened once could happen again and prepare for more ' — Nuclear Regulation Authority chairman Shunichi Tanaka The watchdog also proposed at a weekly meeting Wednesday to raise the rating of the seriousness of the leak to level three, a "serious incident," from level one, "an anomaly," on an International Nuclear and Radiological event scale from zero to seven. The watchdog urged TEPCO to step up monitoring for leaks and take precautionary measures. During the meeting, officials also revealed that plant workers apparently have overlooked several signs of leaks, suggesting their twice-daily patrols were largely just a walk. They have not monitored water levels inside tanks, obviously missed a puddle forming at the bottom of the tank earlier, and kept open a valve on an anti-leakage barrier around the tanks. TEPCO said the leaked water is believed to have mostly seeped into the ground after escaping from the barrier around the tank. It initially said the leak did not pose an immediate threat to the sea because of its distance — about 500 metres from the coastline. But TEPCO reversed that view late Wednesday and acknowledged a possible leak to the sea after detecting high radioactivity inside a gutter extending to the ocean. The company also said the tank may have been leaking slowly for weeks through a possible flaw in its bottom. That could create extensive soil contamination and a blow to plans to release untainted underground water into the sea as part of efforts to reduce the amount of radioactive water. The leaks have shaken confidence in the reliability of hundreds of tanks that are crucial for storing water that has been pumped into the broken reactors to keep melted radioactive fuel cool. ### Multiple meltdowns The plant suffered multiple meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 — a level seven "major accident" and the worst since Chernobyl, in Ukraine, in 1986. About 350 of about 1,000 steel tanks built across the plant complex containing nearly 300 million litres of partially treated contaminated water are less-durable ones with rubber seams. TEPCO says the tanks that have leaked use rubber seams that were intended to last about five years. TEPCO spokesman Masayuki Ono said it plans to build additional tanks with welded seams that are more watertight, but will still have to rely on ones with rubber seams. Figuring out what to do with the radioactive water is among the most pressing issues affecting the cleanup process, which is expected to take decades. The leaked water's radiation level, measured about 50 centimetres above the puddle, was about 100 millisieverts per hour — the maximum cumulative exposure allowed for plant workers over five years, Ono said. Contaminated water that TEPCO has been unable to contain continues to enter the Pacific Ocean at a rate of hundreds of tons per day. Much of that is ground water that has mixed with untreated radioactive water at the plant. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.1508307,1379105448000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C763%29%3B) Updated map of the Fukushima complex showing where two high radiation readings near storage tanks were recorded on Wednesday. (Reuters) With files from Craig Dale and The Associated Press
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