TEPCO: 100-tonne radioactive water leak at Fukushima

This handout picture taken by Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) on February 20, 2014 shows leaked contamination water around a tank at TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture. -AFP

TOKYO: A new leak of 100 tonnes of highly radioactive water has been discovered at Fukushima, the plant's operator said Thursday after it revealed only one of nine thermometers in a crippled reactor was still working.

The toxic water is no longer escaping from a storage tank on the site, said a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power, adding it was likely contained, but the news is a further blow to the company's already-battered reputation for safety.