Outflow of highly radioactive water into Pacific stopped: nuke operator

Wednesday, April06, 2011 09:03:51 |English.news.cn

The combo photo from Tokyo Electric Powershows adioactive contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant No. 2 reactor leaks through a crack in a concrete pit and drains into the ocean in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan April 2, 2011 (Top) and the water leak halts on April 6, 2011 (Bottom). Operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex said on Wednesday it had stopped leaks of contaminated water with high levels of radiation into the ocean. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

TOKYO, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The outflow of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has stopped after the injection of a chemical agent, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Wednesday.

TEPCO, the nuclear plant operator, injected sodium silicate, also known as "water glass," and another agent near a seaside pit where the highly radioactive water had been seeping through to stem the leakage.

The nuclear plant has been severely damaged by the March 11 mega earthquake and ensuing tsunami.