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Response:

Calculated Shard: 50 (from laksa030)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa050.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.ndtv.com/world-news/fresh-nuclear-leak-detected-at-fukushima-nuclear-plant-741496\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/fresh-nuclear-leak-detected-at-fukushima-nuclear-plant-741496\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

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We are currently monitoring the sensors at the gutter and seeing the trend,\" he said.\nThe latest incident, one of several that have plagued the plant in recent months, reflects the difficulty in controlling and decommissioning the plant, which went through meltdowns and explosions after being battered by a giant tsunami in March 2011, sparking the world's worst nuclear disaster in a generation.\nTEPCO has not been able to effectively deal with an increasing amount of contaminated water, used to cool the crippled reactors and molten fuels inside them and kept in large storage tanks on the plant's vast campus.\nAdding to TEPCO's headaches has been the persistent flow of groundwater from nearby mountains travelling under the contaminated plant before washing to the Pacific Ocean.\nThe International Atomic Energy Agency recently said TEPCO has made \"significant progress\" in cleaning up the plant, but suggested that Japan should consider ways to discharge treated waste water into the sea as a relatively safer way to deal with the radioactive water crisis.","attrs_markdown":"![](https:\/\/sb.scorecardresearch.com\/p?c1=2&c2=9548033&cv=2.0&cj=1)\n\n- [NDTV](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [World](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [Profit](https:\/\/www.ndtvprofit.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [हिंदी](https:\/\/ndtv.in\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [MOVIES](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [Cricket](https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/cricket?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [FOOD](https:\/\/food.ndtv.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [LIFESTYLE](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/lifestyle?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [HEALTH](https:\/\/doctor.ndtv.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [TECH](https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [Games](https:\/\/www.ndtvgames.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [SHOPPING](https:\/\/www.ndtvshopping.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [APPS](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/apps?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [Rajasthan](https:\/\/rajasthan.ndtv.in\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [MPCG](https:\/\/mpcg.ndtv.in\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [Marathi](https:\/\/marathi.ndtv.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n- [Good Times](https:\/\/www.ndtvgoodtimes.com\/?pfrom=ndtv-globalnav)\n\nAdvertisement\n\n- [US](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/us \"US\")\n- [UK](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/uk \"UK\")\n- [Middle East](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/middle-east \"Middle East\")\n- [India Global](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-global \"India Global\")\n- [Asia](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/asia \"Asia\")\n- [Europe](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/europe \"Europe\")\n- [Australia](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/australia \"Australia\")\n- [Americas](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/americas \"Americas\")\n- [Africa](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/africa \"Africa\")\n- [Videos](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world\/videos \"Videos\")\n- [Sports](https:\/\/sports.ndtv.com\/ \"Sports\")\n- - 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(Reuters)\n\n**Tokyo:**\n\nSensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant's operator announced Sunday, highlighting difficulties in decommissioning the crippled plant.  \n  \nTokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said the sensors, which were rigged to a gutter that pours rain and ground water at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to a nearby bay, detected contamination levels up to 70 times greater than the already-high radioactive status seen at the plant campus.  \n  \nTEPCO said its emergency inspections of tanks storing nuclear waste water did not find any additional abnormalities, but the firm said it shut the gutter to prevent radioactive water from going into the Pacific Ocean.  \n  \nThe higher-than-normal levels of contamination were detected at around 10 am (0100 GMT), with sensors showing radiation levels 50 to 70 times greater than usual, TEPCO said.  \n  \nThough contamination levels have steadily fallen throughout the day, the same sensors were still showing contamination levels about 10 to 20 times more than usual, a company spokesman said.  \nIt was not immediately clear what caused the original spike of the contamination and its gradual fall, he added.  \n  \n\"With emergency surveys of the plant and monitoring of other sensors, we have no reason to believe tanks storing radioactive waste water have leaked,\" he told AFP.  \n  \n\"We have shut the gutter (from pouring water to the bay). We are currently monitoring the sensors at the gutter and seeing the trend,\" he said.  \n  \nThe latest incident, one of several that have plagued the plant in recent months, reflects the difficulty in controlling and decommissioning the plant, which went through meltdowns and explosions after being battered by a giant tsunami in March 2011, sparking the world's worst nuclear disaster in a generation.  \n  \nTEPCO has not been able to effectively deal with an increasing amount of contaminated water, used to cool the crippled reactors and molten fuels inside them and kept in large storage tanks on the plant's vast campus.  \n  \nAdding to TEPCO's headaches has been the persistent flow of groundwater from nearby mountains travelling under the contaminated plant before washing to the Pacific Ocean.  \n  \nThe International Atomic Energy Agency recently said TEPCO has made \"significant progress\" in cleaning up the plant, but suggested that Japan should consider ways to discharge treated waste water into the sea as a relatively safer way to deal with the radioactive water crisis.\n\n[Show full article]()\n\nTrack [Latest News](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/latest) Live on NDTV.com and get [news](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/) updates from [India](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india)  and around the [world](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news)\n\nFollow us:\n\n[Fukushima](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/fukushima), [Fukushima Nuclear Disaster](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/fukushima-nuclear-disaster), [Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-station), [Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/fukushima-nuclear-plant), [Japan](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/japan), [TEPCO](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/tepco), [IAEA](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/iaea), [Fresh Leak At Fukushima Nuclear Plant](https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/fresh-leak-at-fukushima-nuclear-plant)\n\n### Related News\n- [Love Anime? 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We are currently monitoring the sensors at the gutter and seeing the trend,\" he said.\n\nThe latest incident, one of several that have plagued the plant in recent months, reflects the difficulty in controlling and decommissioning the plant, which went through meltdowns and explosions after being battered by a giant tsunami in March 2011, sparking the world's worst nuclear disaster in a generation.\n\nTEPCO has not been able to effectively deal with an increasing amount of contaminated water, used to cool the crippled reactors and molten fuels inside them and kept in large storage tanks on the plant's vast campus.\n\nAdding to TEPCO's headaches has been the persistent flow of groundwater from nearby mountains travelling under the contaminated plant before washing to the Pacific Ocean.\n\nThe International Atomic Energy Agency recently said TEPCO has made \"significant progress\" in cleaning up the plant, but suggested that Japan should consider ways to discharge treated waste water into the sea as a relatively safer way to deal with the radioactive water crisis.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant's operator announced Sunday, highlighting difficulties in decommissioning the crippled plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said the sensors, which were rigged to a gutter that pours rain and ground water at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to a nearby bay, detected contamination levels up to 70 times greater than the already-high radioactive status seen at the plant campus. TEPCO said its emergency inspections of tanks storing nuclear waste water did not find any additional abnormalities, but the firm said it shut the gutter to prevent radioactive water from going into the Pacific Ocean. The higher-than-normal levels of contamination were detected at around 10 am (0100 GMT), with sensors showing radiation levels 50 to 70 times greater than usual, TEPCO said. Though contamination levels have steadily fallen throughout the day, the same sensors were still showing contamination levels about 10 to 20 times more than usual, a company spokesman said. It was not immediately clear what caused the original spike of the contamination and its gradual fall, he added. "With emergency surveys of the plant and monitoring of other sensors, we have no reason to believe tanks storing radioactive waste water have leaked," he told AFP. "We have shut the gutter (from pouring water to the bay). We are currently monitoring the sensors at the gutter and seeing the trend," he said. The latest incident, one of several that have plagued the plant in recent months, reflects the difficulty in controlling and decommissioning the plant, which went through meltdowns and explosions after being battered by a giant tsunami in March 2011, sparking the world's worst nuclear disaster in a generation. TEPCO has not been able to effectively deal with an increasing amount of contaminated water, used to cool the crippled reactors and molten fuels inside them and kept in large storage tanks on the plant's vast campus. Adding to TEPCO's headaches has been the persistent flow of groundwater from nearby mountains travelling under the contaminated plant before washing to the Pacific Ocean. The International Atomic Energy Agency recently said TEPCO has made "significant progress" in cleaning up the plant, but suggested that Japan should consider ways to discharge treated waste water into the sea as a relatively safer way to deal with the radioactive water crisis.
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(Reuters) Tokyo: Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water to the sea, the plant's operator announced Sunday, highlighting difficulties in decommissioning the crippled plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said the sensors, which were rigged to a gutter that pours rain and ground water at the Fukushima Daiichi plant to a nearby bay, detected contamination levels up to 70 times greater than the already-high radioactive status seen at the plant campus. TEPCO said its emergency inspections of tanks storing nuclear waste water did not find any additional abnormalities, but the firm said it shut the gutter to prevent radioactive water from going into the Pacific Ocean. The higher-than-normal levels of contamination were detected at around 10 am (0100 GMT), with sensors showing radiation levels 50 to 70 times greater than usual, TEPCO said. Though contamination levels have steadily fallen throughout the day, the same sensors were still showing contamination levels about 10 to 20 times more than usual, a company spokesman said. It was not immediately clear what caused the original spike of the contamination and its gradual fall, he added. "With emergency surveys of the plant and monitoring of other sensors, we have no reason to believe tanks storing radioactive waste water have leaked," he told AFP. "We have shut the gutter (from pouring water to the bay). We are currently monitoring the sensors at the gutter and seeing the trend," he said. The latest incident, one of several that have plagued the plant in recent months, reflects the difficulty in controlling and decommissioning the plant, which went through meltdowns and explosions after being battered by a giant tsunami in March 2011, sparking the world's worst nuclear disaster in a generation. TEPCO has not been able to effectively deal with an increasing amount of contaminated water, used to cool the crippled reactors and molten fuels inside them and kept in large storage tanks on the plant's vast campus. Adding to TEPCO's headaches has been the persistent flow of groundwater from nearby mountains travelling under the contaminated plant before washing to the Pacific Ocean. The International Atomic Energy Agency recently said TEPCO has made "significant progress" in cleaning up the plant, but suggested that Japan should consider ways to discharge treated waste water into the sea as a relatively safer way to deal with the radioactive water crisis. 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