Fire occurs at Hamaoka nuclear plant; no danger to public
NATIONAL JAN. 07, 2016 - 05:00PM JST ( 11 )TOKYO —
A fire broke out at Chubu Electric Power Co’s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture on Thursday, but was quickly put out and there had been no radiation danger to the public, the company said.
The fire started at about 11 a.m. in the exhaust fan of the turbine building of the plant’s No. 2 reactor, which is currently being decommissioned, a company spokesman said.
The fan was shut down and the fire was confirmed as put out an hour later, he said. An investigation into the cause of the fire was under way.
The plant’s No. 1 and No. 2 reactors are being decommissioned, while its No. 3, No.4 and No.5 reactors remain shut pending stringent safety checks imposed following the Fukushima nuclear disaster nearly five years ago.
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NATIONAL JAN. 07, 2016 - 05:00PM JST ( 11 )TOKYO —
A fire broke out at Chubu Electric Power Co’s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture on Thursday, but was quickly put out and there had been no radiation danger to the public, the company said.
The fire started at about 11 a.m. in the exhaust fan of the turbine building of the plant’s No. 2 reactor, which is currently being decommissioned, a company spokesman said.
The fan was shut down and the fire was confirmed as put out an hour later, he said. An investigation into the cause of the fire was under way.
The plant’s No. 1 and No. 2 reactors are being decommissioned, while its No. 3, No.4 and No.5 reactors remain shut pending stringent safety checks imposed following the Fukushima nuclear disaster nearly five years ago.