Govt: Fukushima nuke plant loses cooling ability
Posted by JAC on 3/14/2011, 7:20 am
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/14_35.html

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says a reactor at a power plant in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture has lost all its cooling capability.

The agency said on Monday that Tokyo Electric Power Company notified the agency of an emergency at the Number Two reactor at its Fukushima Number One power station.

This is the second emergency notice for the reactor.
The utility firm told the agency shortly after the quake on Friday that the reactor's emergency cooling power system had failed.

Since then, the company tried to cool the reactor by circulating water by steam power, instead of electricity. But an attempt to lower the temperature inside the vessel that houses the reactor did not work well.

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