Power, cooling restored at Japanese nuclear plant - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

Power, cooling restored at Japanese nuclear plant

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TOKYO -

The operator of the Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant said that four pools in the plant have been without fresh cooling water for more than 15 hours due to a power outage.

The pools are used to cool spent fuel rods.

Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, which operates the plant, said it was working to repair a broken switchboard that might have caused the problem.

TEPCO said the pool temperatures were well within safe levels and that the pools would remain safe for at least four days without fresh water.

The utility is preparing a backup system just in case the repairs don't fix the problem.

The earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 destroyed the plant's power and cooling systems, causing three reactor cores to melt and fuel storage pools to overheat.

The utility says workers are still trying to determine the cause of the outage, which began when a brief power failure hit the plant Tuesday evening.

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