Octobre 2008 / mdn.mainichi.jp (Japan)

150 tons of water could leak from Monju reactor fuel pool in major quake

150 tons of water could leak from Monju reactor fuel pool in major quake

https://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20081004p2a00m0na024000c.html

Up to 150 tons of water could splash out from the pool for spent fuel at the Monju fast breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, if a magnitude 7-level earthquake struck the area, a study has shown.

During the Chuetsu offshore earthquake that hit Niigata Prefecture in July last year, 8.5 tons overflowed from the fuel pools of the No. (...)