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A look at problems found at quake-hit nuclear power plant in Japan
Source Sortir du Nucléaire,
    17 July
The Associated Press
Published: July 17, 2007

     TOKYO: A list of malfunctions at the seven-reactor Kashiwazaki-Kariya nuclear power plant in northwestern Japan following a powerful earthquake this week:
     · Fire at an electrical transformer facility.
     · 1,200 liters of water containing radioactive material leaked into sea.
     · About 100 barrels of radioactive waste knocked over in storage facility.
     · Duct knocked out of place in major vent; possible leak of radioactive cobalt-60 and chromium-51 from five of the plant's reactors.
     · Water leak inside buildings housing all seven reactors.
     · Malfunctioning of water intake screening pump at two reactors.
     · Blowout panel knocked down at turbine buildings at two reactors.

      · Oil leak from low-activation transformer waste oil pipes at two reactors.
     · Loss in water-tight seal at reactor core cooling system.
     · Water leaks from diesel generator facility, burst extinguisher pipe, burst condenser valve and filtration tank.
     · Broken connections and broken bolt at electric transformer.
     · Loss of power at control center for liquid waste disposal facility.
     · Oil leaks from damaged transformer and magnetic transformer facility.
     · Oil leak at reactor water supply pump facility.
     · Disrupted electrical connection at magnetic transformer facility.
     · Cracks in embankment of water intake facility.
     · Air and oil leaks at switching stations.
     · Land under parts of plant turned to mud in quake-caused process known as liquefaction.