Smoke confirmed at Hamaoka nuclear plant, 2nd reporting within week

Fire alarms went off at the Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Tuesday, and the operator confirmed smoke within a building, the second such reporting within a week at the currently suspended plant.No leakage of radioactive material outside the plant has been confirmed, said the operator, Chubu Electric Power Co., after the incident at around 5:15 a.m. at the building that houses a turbine of the plant's No. 5 reactor.The utility alerted a local fire station after a worker confirmed smoke. However, an on-site inspection conducted by the fire authorities led to th…READ FULL ARTICLE