Fukushima plant rattled by another quake, water injection not disrupted
Apr. 12, 2011
The crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was rattled by another strong aftershock of the massive March 11 earthquake on Tuesday afternoon, a day after a similar jolt led to the temporary suspension of coolant water injection into the plant's three troubled reactors.
While workers temporarily evacuated, no disruption to the pumps injecting water into the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors or the electrical power source of the six-reactor complex was detected following the 2:07 p.m. quake that had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
A series of apparent aftershocks of last month's magnitude 9.0 quake, including a magnitude 7.0 temblor Monday, are hampering work to restore the plant, which is already in a fragile state as many reactor units require water to be injected or poured from outside to prevent nuclear fuel in the reactors and spent fuel pools from overheating.
The latest quake did not affect the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, located near the Daiichi plant, the utility firm known as TEPCO said.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on April 12, 2011)
While workers temporarily evacuated, no disruption to the pumps injecting water into the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors or the electrical power source of the six-reactor complex was detected following the 2:07 p.m. quake that had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
A series of apparent aftershocks of last month's magnitude 9.0 quake, including a magnitude 7.0 temblor Monday, are hampering work to restore the plant, which is already in a fragile state as many reactor units require water to be injected or poured from outside to prevent nuclear fuel in the reactors and spent fuel pools from overheating.
The latest quake did not affect the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, located near the Daiichi plant, the utility firm known as TEPCO said.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on April 12, 2011)
