2 Apr 2011

SOS from Mayor of Minami Soma City

Also: Radioactive water is leaking into the sea from a 30-centimetre (12-inch) crack in a containment pit at Japan's quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator Tepco has said. The crack under reactor 2 may be the source of recent radiation in coastal waters, Tepco officials said. They are preparing to pour concrete into the pit to try to stop the leak. BBC