Mihama, Fukui

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This article is about the town in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. There are towns with the same name in two other prefectures in Japan, see Mihama, Aichi and Mihama, Wakayama.

Mihama (美浜町; -chou) is a town located in Mikata District, Fukui, Japan.

As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 11,148 and a density of 73.19 persons per km². The total area is 152.32 km².

On August 9, 2004, a non-radioactive steam leak killed 5 and burnt 12 others in a nearby nuclear power plant; the particular high-pressure steam pipe had lost 85% of its wall thickness and failed five days before its first inspection since 1976.[1]

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