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Smoke Seen Over Japan's Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant - Reports

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Smoke was seen over the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Tsuruga in the Japanese prefecture of Fukui on Thursday morning, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported.

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The smoke appeared over the turbine compartment at the plant's power unit 1, the report said. The broadcaster cited local police and firefighters as saying that there were no casualties. The plant's power unit 1 has been undergoing reactor dismantlement since 2017.

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Smoke Seen Over Japan's Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant - Reports

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© AP Photo / TNThis is an August 1995 file photo of an experimental nuclear plant near the town of Tsuruga, central Japan. A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in central Japan on Friday, a local official said

This is an August 1995 file photo of an experimental nuclear plant near the town of Tsuruga, central Japan. A fire broke out at a nuclear power plant in central Japan on Friday, a local official said - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.02.2024

TOKYO (Sputnik) - Smoke was seen over the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Tsuruga in the Japanese prefecture of Fukui on Thursday morning, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported.

The smoke appeared over the turbine compartment at the plant's power unit 1, the report said. The broadcaster cited local police and firefighters as saying that there were no casualties.

The plant's power unit 1 has been undergoing reactor dismantlement since 2017.