Developments in Japan's disasters and nuclear crisis:
MORE RADIOACTIVE WATER DISCOVERED. Tokyo Electric Power Co. says contaminated water was discovered in trenches around three reactor units at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.
A similar leak last week injured workers and forced work to stop temporarily. Workers are still trying to clear hundreds of tons of contaminated water from several buildings at the plant, which was disabled in March 11’s tsunami.
OCEAN CONTAMINATION SPREADS. Tests of seawater show that radioactive contamination has spread about a mile (1.6 kilometers) farther north of the nuclear site than before. But officials have said no fishing is happening in the area.
AFTERSHOCK TRIGGERS TSUNAMI ALERT. A magnitude-6.5 quake off Miyagi prefecture, near March 11’s tremor sets off brief warning. No damages or injuries are reported.
CHINA MONITORS RADIATION. Health authorities are monitoring food and drinking water for contamination in 14 provinces and cities in the northeast after low levels of radioactive material were detected there.
DEATH TOLL TOPS 11,000. The National Police Agency says 11,004 people have died in the disasters. Another 17,339 are missing.
