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U.S. sub leaked radiation for 2 years
An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years and may have affected three Japanese ports where it stopped more extensively than initially thought, Japanese officials said today, releasing a U.S. report.
On Aug. 1, the U.S. Navy notified Japan that the USS Houston had leaked water containing small amounts of radiation during three calls to the southern Japanese ports of Sasebo and Okinawa in March and April this year but caused no threat to people or the environment. The submarine also made stops in Guam and Pearl Harbor.
A new U.S. Embassy report released by the Japanese Foreign Ministry today said the submarine was already leaking during nine earlier port calls in Japan and the amount of radiation leaked was larger than initially reported. It “has been steadily leaking a small amount” of radiation from June 2006 to July 2008 when it entered a drydock in Hawaii, the U.S. report said. It said the total leakage was still negligible.
— Associated Press
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