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brief loss of power to a cooling system caused a brief cessation of spent fuel
pool #4 work. Excavation work outside unit #4 caused damage to a power cable;
cutting off supply to the SFP’s cooling system at 10:19am on Tuesday. By
procedure, spent fuel transfer activities were stopped until cooling was
restored. Power was resumed and cooling restarted at 2:16pm. Fuel transfer
operations were resumed at 2:36pm. The Press reported that Tepco said the pool
temperature could increase as much as 0.3oC per hour, but actual
readings showed barely a 0.1oC rise over the four hour period.
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