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Damage control Picture of the Day Oct. 10, 2011 - 07:02AM JST This photo, released on Saturday by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), shows the damaged No. 3 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Officials said Sunday the plant is now relatively stable.

TEPCO to directly pour water to No.3 reactor fuel Tokyo Electric Power Company will try a new process to cool down the No.3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by injecting water directly onto the facility's fuel starting on Friday. The utility has been pouring 7 tons of water from outside the No.3 reactor every hour. But this process has been producing a massive amount of high-level radioactive water. TEPCO said on Monday that injecting cooling water through pipes situated above the fuel would be a more efficient operation. The utility hopes this new process will reduce the...

TEPCO finds another leak of radioactive water into sea Thursday 12th May, 03:31 AM JST TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power Co said Wednesday it had detected another leak of highly contaminated radioactive water into the sea near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant but was able to stop the flow. Some radioactive substances also apparently passed through the ‘‘silt fence’’ curtain barriers installed in the sea near the crippled plant to prevent the spread of radioactive materials when leaks occur, raising concern that they may contaminate a wider area of the Pacific Ocean. The water leaked from a pit close...