Spent fuel pool cooling system suspended at Fukushima Daiichi plant
TOKYO, April 12, Kyodo
A spent fuel pool cooling system was suspended Thursday at the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after an alarm went off, the operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
The utility said it is looking into the cause of the trouble, suspecting a possible water leak in the system, which was halted after the alarm was triggered at 2:44 p.m. The pool is storing 1,331 spent fuel rods.
The utility said the water temperature at that time was 28 C and is expected to rise by about 0.5 degree per hour while the cooling system is under suspension.
The utility said it is looking into the cause of the trouble, suspecting a possible water leak in the system, which was halted after the alarm was triggered at 2:44 p.m. The pool is storing 1,331 spent fuel rods.
The utility said the water temperature at that time was 28 C and is expected to rise by about 0.5 degree per hour while the cooling system is under suspension.
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