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• Reactors operating normally after Iwate earthquake

  Three nuclear power plants are operating normally after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the prefecture of Iwate, northern Japan. The Onagawa and Higashidori nuclear plants were unaffected by the quake, according to an official from the Tohoku Electric Power Co. At the Fukushima Daini plant, operated by TEPCO, there was a small spillage of weakly radioactive water from a storage pool in a warehouse used to store waste. The spillage was contained within the facilty and there has been no impact on the environment, according to a spokesman at the plant. Posted Jun 14 2008, 08:01 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Japan, earthquake, nuclear power plants

• Modifications required to EdF reactors

  Electricite de France (EdF) has found a generic design defect on 14 of its nuclear power reactors. The utility must make repairs in order to "completely guarantee" safety in an earthquake. Posted May 30 2008, 10:21 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: EDF, France, earthquake