Japan's Regulator Informs IAEA on Fukushima Daiichi Power Outage

Japan's Regulator Informs IAEA on Fukushima Daiichi Power Outage

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Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority informed the International Atomic Energy Agency on 19 March 2013 that several systems that cool spent fuel pools at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station stopped working following a power outage that began at 19:00 local time on 18 March 2013.
Two of the systems - at Unit 1 and Unit 4 - were restarted on 19 March 2013, and the system that cools the spent fuel pool of Unit 3 is set to be restarted at 20:00 local time on 19 March 2013, according to the Authority. Work continues to restart the system that cools the Common Spent Fuel Pool.
The Authority reported that officials are watching the situation and that no abnormal radiation levels have been detected.
The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company, is investigating the cause of the power outage.
The IAEA's Incident and Emergency Centre remains in contact with the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority, and will provide updates when they become available.