4 Killed in Japan Nuke Accident

World | August 9, 2004, Monday // 00:00

At least four people have been killed in a steam leak at a nuclear power plant in Japan. Over 18 others have been hospitalized with severe burns, after the accident at the Mihama plant in Fukui prefecture. No radiation is said to have leaked from the plant, which is about 320 kilometres west of Tokyo. Kansai Electric Power Company, which operates the Mihama plant, said it had stopped power generation at 3:28pm and was still investigating the cause of the leak.

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