REPLY: Japan Nuke Plant Leak Said Serious

[LASHLEYT@dteenergy.com]

>About 89 tons of water used for cooling the No. 2 reactor had >leaked  
>within the reactor building before the valve of the cracked pipe  
>could be turned off Monday in Tsuruga, 200 miles west of Tokyo.  
 
89 tons of water is approximately 21,360 gallons of water, that was not a 
small leak. 
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