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Human error may have caused leak: Tepco

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Human error, not equipment failure, may be responsible for the roughly 100 tons of highly radioactive water released from a storage tank in February, the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant said.

When Tokyo Electric Power Co. first disclosed the incident Feb. 20, it said a faulty valve may have allowed water into the tank, which was already nearly full.

But the utility later said human error may have been to blame.

"We have to check the situation," a Tepco spokesman told reporters Feb. 21. (Kyodo)

福島第１原発汚染水漏れ、人為的操作ミスの可能性：東電

東京電力は、２月20日に福島第１原発のタンクから約100トンの高濃度汚染水が漏れたことについて、汚染水の配管の弁で操作ミスがあった可能性があると発表した。

The Japan Times ST: March 7, 2014