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Japan's 7.1-quake causes radioactive water spill

 A powerful earthquake in northeast Japan rocked a nuclear plant, causing a small amount of radioactive water to spill, officials said Friday, but the operator said there was no immediate danger.

The 7.1-magnitude quake that hit late Thursday caused liquid to overflow from spent fuel pools in all three reactor buildings at the Onagawa plant, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.

Most seriously affected was reactor number two, where 3.8 litres from the spent fuel pool ended up on the floor of the operation room.

But operator Tohoku-Electric Power Co. said no radioactive l

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