Kansai Electric to Manually Shut Mihama Nuclear Reactor in Central Japan
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Kansai Electric to manually shut Mihama nuclear reactor in central Japan
Kansai Electric Power Co. said Thursday it will manually shut down the No. 3 reactor at the Mihama nuclear power plant in central Japan after water was found dripping from equipment that does not contain radioactive materials.
Reactor No. 3 at the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant was restarted on September 12th after a routine inspection revealed a leak of non-radioactive water, forcing it to shut down. Japan: Data falsification scandal stalls restart of two reactors. Japan accelerates development of small-scale modular reactors. Japan shuts down a nuclear reactor due to radiation detection.
On the 17th, water droplets were observed falling from around a valve in the secondary piping of Unit 3 of the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture, which does not contain radioactive materials. The company announced that it began manually shutting down the reactor around 8:30 p.m. to investigate the cause. The shutdown is scheduled for around 3:30 a.m. on the 18th, and the surrounding area…
On the 17th at Kansai Electric Power Mihama Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 in Mihama-cho, Fukui Prefecture, it was confirmed that water droplets were falling from secondary equipment containing no radioactive substances, and the company revealed that it would manually shut down the reactor. It is said that there is no effect of radioactivity on the surrounding environment. The machine had a hole in the high pressure turbine cap in May
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