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World’s largest nuclear plant catches on fire –

World’s largest nuclear plant catches on fire ABC News By North Asia correspondent
Mark Willacy 5 March 09

A fire has broken out at the world’s largest nuclear plant in Japan, 200 kilometres north-west of Tokyo.

The operator of the facility says there is no threat of a radiation leak.

The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, says a small fire broke out at the facility but was extinguished after 90 minutes.

It says a worker was taken to hospital with minor facial injuries.

The fire started just weeks after the company was given the green light to re-start one of the seven reactors at the plant, which had been suspended since an earthquake two years ago caused a fire and a small radiation leak.

World’s largest nuclear plant catches on fire – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

March 6, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, safety