New setback at Japan nuclear plant

FE Team | Published: May 13, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

TOKYO, May 12: Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has been hit by new setbacks, its operator said Thursday, including a water leak from a reactor vessel and another spill of contaminated water into the ocean. The government ordered the cull of thousands of cattle and other livestock roaming the 20-kilometre evacuation zone around the nuclear plant. -AFP