reactor cooling system
September 02, 2011
TEPCO began using a "spray-shower" technique to disseminate water into the No. 3 reactor at its troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Sept. 1.
August 05, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering changing the method of injecting water into the No. 3 reactor at its hobbled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant as the current system...
July 29, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. insisted July 28 that shaking caused by the March 11 earthquake did not rupture pipes of an emergency cooling system for the No. 3 reactor at the...
July 04, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said a system that decontaminates radioactive water and recycles it to cool reactors is now working properly, a huge step in bringing the Fukushima No. ...
May 30, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. acknowledged it delayed announcing a pump failure at the No. 5 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and that its backup plan did not run ...
May 28, 2011
Potatoes may be more liable to be contaminated by radioactive materials released by the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant than other types of fruits and vegetables,...
May 23, 2011
Heat exchangers will be installed to cool spent fuel rod storage pools at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to a report submitted May 21 by the plant operator, ...
May 18, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is sticking to its goal of stabilizing the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant by July despite radical revisions to its initial strategy after ...
May 16, 2011
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has been forced to devise a difficult new step to cool a reactor at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant after its attempt to flood the pressure...
May 05, 2011
The Tokyo Electric Power Co. will start operating a cooling system by the end of May for the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant's No. 1 reactor, the utility company said May 4.
April 13, 2011
Strong aftershocks have added another layer of problems for workers trying to stabilize the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and forced a shift in the plant...
April 04, 2011
The government on April 3 acknowledged for the first time that it would take several months before radioactive materials stopped leaking from the crippled Fukushima No. 1...
March 19, 2011
Work continued at a frenetic pace Saturday to restore electric power to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and prevent the nuclear crisis from deteriorating.
March 13, 2011
The cooling system failed at another reactor at the troubled No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant Sunday, as the government acknowledged that a meltdown may have already hit the ...
March 12, 2011
A fuel rod in a Fukushima Prefecture plant appeared to have partially melted, the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday.
March 12, 2011
The state of the two Fukushima plants was causing particular concern because, unlike other plants hit by Friday's earthquake, emergency generators wouldn't operate after...
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