Sunday, 13. March 2011
Topic: nuclear power - on March 13, 2011 at 1:46:00 PM CET
Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant
After the March 11, 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami, Nuclear Engineering International reported that all four units were automatically shut down.[1] Tokyo Electric on March 12 reported that the cooling system for three reactors (numbers 1, 2 and 4) at the plant had topped 100 °C between 05:30 and 06:10 JST, less than one hour after the start of additional cooling with condensate water,[5][6][7] and that the "pressure suppression function was lost".[6] According to a Reuters report, officials are "prepar[ing] for release of pressure" from the plant.[8] TEPCO has announced it was preparing for pressure release in the containments of all four units
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