Article: SMOKE BUT NO LEAK FROM CLOSED N-PLANT.(News)

Byline: P-I news services

JAPANF -- An accident at a shuttered nuclear power plant sent smoke billowing into the air today, but there were no immediate reports of radiation leaks or injuries.

It wasn't immediately clear what happened inside the experimental plant, near the town of Tsuruga in central Japan. City spokesman Yoshihiro Kadono said the accident occurred at an incinerator in the nuclear complex.

A spokesman at the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said on condition of anonymity there was no danger of leaking radiation because the plant had not been generating power since March. It was shut down because of high operating costs.

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