TEPCO investigates possible leak – answers

correct the sentences

1. There has been a leak from the nuclear plant. this is not certain – ‘possible leak’
2. Not enough water has been pumped into the plant to cool it. possibly too much water has been pumped in and the plant cannot hold this
3. 57 litres of water may have leaked. 57 tons
4. The leak may have contaminated the underground water supply. there is no evidence of this
5. Several workers struggled to get the reactor under control. one worker
6. The Japanese coastguard are searching for bodies in an area 10 miles from the reactor. 10 kilometres
7. They searched this same area just after the earthquake. no this area has been inaccessible until now
8. The earthquake hit western Japan. northern Japan
9. More than 50,000 people were killed in the earthquake. more than 15,000
10. Most people have now been found. there are still nearly 10,000 people missing