Japan Atomic Finds Smoke at Waste-Processing Building; No Leaks

By Megumi Yamanaka

Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japan Atomic Power Co. found smoke inside a building housing equipment for processing waste from its Tokai No. 2 nuclear reactor. No smoke or radioactive materials were released to the environment, the company said.

Smoke was detected at 6:35 a.m. local time today, Japan Atomic said in a faxed statement. The 1,100-megawatts reactor located in Ibaraki prefecture northeast of Tokyo has continued operating as the incident won't affect safety, it said.

The fire department is investigating, it said.

To contact the reporters on this story: Megumi Yamanaka in Tokyo at myamanaka@bloomberg.net.