Tsuruga

But looks like our Tsuruga is a little more sly than that and decides to play the asshat at his own game rather than confronting him.

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Experts say pinholes can develop in fuel-rod casings, allowing small amounts of radiation to be released, although it wasn't known if that was the cause of the problem at the Tsuruga plant.

Japanese Plant Starts Installation of Filters Mitsuru Obe 2011

Tsuruga, an industrial city of 70,000 people on the Sea of Japan, is a focal point in the debate since it is within a six-mile radius of five commercial reactors—including Japan's oldest, which started up in 1970—and two plutonium-fueled test reactors, one of which has been decommissioned while the other is suspended.

Living by Reactors, Japanese Are Split Chester Dawson 2011

The northernmost stretch of Lake Biwa is just 18 miles from the Tsuruga reactors—a distance just outside the original voluntary evacuation zone set around Fukushima Daiichi.

Living by Reactors, Japanese Are Split Chester Dawson 2011

A spokesman for the Japan Atomic Power Co. said the discovery at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power plant, in Fukui prefecture in central Japan, came in weekly tests on the water at the No. 2 reactor.

Japanese Plant Starts Installation of Filters Mitsuru Obe 2011

The problem at the Tsuruga plant was the first of its kind there, according to the spokesman, although another nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, run by Kansai Electric Power Co., had a similar incident in April 2010 where radioactivity in cooling water increased.

Japanese Plant Starts Installation of Filters Mitsuru Obe 2011

Separately, Japan Atomic Power Co. said Friday it suspects radiation leaked from a damaged fuel rod at its No.2 unit of the Tsuruga power plant in Fukui prefecture on the Japan Sea coast .

Japan to Shut a Second Plant Chester Dawson 2011

Even if the incident at the Tsuruga plant doesn't have any serious consequences, it comes as many Japanese are concerned about the safety of nuclear plants, as the authorities still struggle to contain the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Japanese Plant Starts Installation of Filters Mitsuru Obe 2011

Tsuruga No.1 is under maintenance through March 2012 and Tokai No. 2 in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, has been shut since being hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Japan to Shut a Second Plant Chester Dawson 2011

Mitsuhiko Tanaka , who was involved in designing Fukushima Daiichi's No. 4 reactor, said it is unlikely that the Tsuruga plant incident involves rising temperature of the fuel rods, making it a very different situation from the Fukushima plant.

Japanese Plant Starts Installation of Filters Mitsuru Obe 2011