{"id":145091,"date":"2022-03-10T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T08:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=145091&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-03-10T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T08:15:06","slug":"radioactive-iodine-leakage-reported-at-genkai-nuclear-plant","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/radioactive-iodine-leakage-reported-at-genkai-nuclear-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Radioactive Iodine Leakage Reported At Genkai Nuclear Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) announced a leakage of radioactive iodine at its Genkai nuclear plant No. 3 reactor. The company first detected a higher iodine level in the plant\u2019s cooling water in November 2021. Investigations found some leakage from one of the 193 fuel assemblies for the reactor. Additional examination for the reactor\u2019s 264 fuel rods will take place from Mar. 13. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC074PA0X00C22A3000000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/saga\/20220307\/5080011196.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145088\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_genkai-nuclear_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1396%2C763&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1396\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_genkai-nuclear_2022_cl.jpg?w=1396&amp;ssl=1 1396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_genkai-nuclear_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_genkai-nuclear_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C560&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fn_genkai-nuclear_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C420&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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The company first detected a higher iodine level in the plant\u2019s cooling water in November 2021. Investigations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":145088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-145091","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/145091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}