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Power Supply Facilities Failure at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Follow-up Report 2)

At around 6:57 PM on March 18, there was an incident where the power supply facilities in the Main Anti-earthquake Building at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station momentarily stopped. The updates on the incident are provided below.

The cesium absorption apparatus (Kurion) of the water treatment facility which was suspended due to the incident was started at 12:01 PM today, and the steady flow rate was achieved at 12:17 PM. No problem has been found with its operation.

The power supply facilities for which soundness was confirmed have been recovered as follows. Units 1 and 4 spent fuel pool alternative cooling systems are currently being recovered.
- The regular M/C in the Process Building has received power from the backup M/C in the Process Building at 9:03 AM today.
- The common M/C4A has received power from the regular M/C in the Process Building at 10:01 AM today.

The current water temperatures of the suspended spent fuel pools have no impact on the spent fuel pool water temperature control.


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