5.5 tons of nuke water leaked from Fukushima

TOKYO — Approximately 5.5 metric tons of water containing radioactive materials have leaked from an equipment in Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, local media reported on Wednesday.

At about 8:53 am local time on Wednesday, workers discovered water leaking from the outlet of a device used to purify nuclear-contaminated water during the inspection of the equipment, Fukushima Central Television reported, citing the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company.

TEPCO estimates that the amount of water that leaked was approximately 5.5 tons, which may contain 22 billion becquerels of radioactive materials such as cesium and strontium, the report said.