A 45 metric ton leak of radioactive water was discovered at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan on Sunday. Workers discovered the stagnate body of water inside a barrier adjacent to a mechanism that is used to purify sea water that is used to cool the reactors that were damaged in the catastrophic earthquake and consequential tsunami in March. This particular water isn't suppose to be released into the Pacific Ocean but crews are still working on figuring out if any cesium 137 contaminated water reached the sea.
This leak was ultimately caused by the dual disasters that struck Japan on March 11, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a subsequent tsunami, that killed 15,000 people. These also caused major damage to the Fukushima nuclear plant and caused worry throughout the country that a major technological disaster would be created, and it was. It was deemed a level-7 nuclear disaster event, but for a long while the plant seemed to be under control. This is one of the few recent events related to that major technological disaster and hopefully it's the last.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/05/world/asia/japan-radioactive-water-leak/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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