Fukushima plant operator reverses claim groundwater not contaminated

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Fukushima plant operator reverses claim groundwater not contaminated

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/fukushima-plant-operator-reverses-claim-groundwater-not-contaminated-084640842.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RmrISplnnVOcO6A_7krHng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-04T084640Z_1_CBRE9530OGA00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-NUCLEAR-JAPAN-TOKYO-ELECTRIC.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture" align="left" title="Aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Tuesday it had detected radioactive caesium in groundwater flowing into its wrecked Fukushima Daiichi plant, reversing an earlier finding that any contamination was negligible. The announcement is yet another example of Tokyo Electric initially downplaying a problem, only to revise its findings because of faulty procedures. It casts further doubt over its control over the cleanup of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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