Rat-Like Animal Causes Nuclear Emergency In Fukushima
A “rat-like animal” was the cause of a power supply problem that disabled cooling systems at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant last week. The rodent touched a switchboard and triggered a short circuit, Tepco Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said.
The 25-centimeter-long animal was found dead in the switchboard, a TEPCO official told Kyodo News.
The official said the company will take stronger measures to prevent small animals from entering the switchboard in the future.
A photograph TEPCO released showed a creature that appeared to be a rat, with a body around 15 centimetres (six inches) long.
The March 18 outage disabled nine facilities at the plant. TEPCO dispatched 25 specialists to deal with the problem, but it took 30 hours for technicians to repair the systems.
The Fukushima plant was hit by an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, causing meltdowns which spewed radiation into the surrounding soil and water. Japanese authorities evacuated around 160,000 local residents.
The rodent caused a power failure that put all Fukushima NPP cooling systems out of action. Power has now been restored at the plant as Japan returns to the use of nuclear power halted after the 2011 disaster.
The Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant devastated by a tsunami two years ago continues to bring bad news to Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO).
On Monday, March 18, at 6:57am local time, an electricity outage disabled nine facilities at the Fukushima plant, including cooling systems of the four storage pools for used fuel rods.
TEPCO dispatched 25 specialists to deal the problem, but it took all of 30 hours for technicians to repair the systems.
On Wednesday, just 12 minutes after midnight (15:12 GMT), power supply to the cooling systems was fully restored, reported TEPCO.
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Which begs the question, Just how secure is TEPCO Nuclear Reactors? I mean this rat wasn’t like a bee or a fly entering the switchboard control room. I mean a traveling two-bit circus has a better handle on its safety measures, especially as critical as the power source would be.
If I was a resident their, and believe me we’d of left long. long ago, I most certainly would of packed a left after hearing this incredulous story…