FUKUI, May 08 (News On Japan) –
A steam leak was detected early on May eighth on the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant’s Unit 3 in Fukui Prefecture, prompting Kansai Electric Power to manually shut down the reactor.
According to Kansai Electric, steam was discovered leaking from an space close to the high-pressure turbine shortly after 4 a.m., and operators manually stopped the reactor at 4:24 a.m.
The utility stated the steam didn’t originate from water circulating by way of the reactor core and didn’t include radioactive supplies. The leak has already been introduced beneath management.
Mihama Unit 3 resumed operations in 2021 after turning into one among Japan’s first nuclear reactors to restart regardless of being greater than 40 years previous. The reactor has continued working beneath prolonged security approvals launched following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
Source: TBS