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 KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (AP) - Failure to follow procedure was to blame for the latest leak from a nuclear power plant damaged in this week's earthquake in northwestern Japan, a top government official said Friday.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said radioactive material was leaking from an exhaust vent as late as Wednesday night, two days after the plant suffered a near-direct hit by Monday's quake, which killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000.
TEPCO announced Friday that a check the previous night at the plant, 135 miles northwest of Tokyo, confirmed the vent leak had stopped.
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