Trouble injecting water into Fukushima Reactors 1-3 — Flow falls despite increasing coolant level — Tepco unable to identify cause, thinks pipes are clogged
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Follow-up to: Kyodo: Sharp drop in water at Fukushima Reactors No. 1-3 -- "Below level regarded as necessary to keep fuel inside cool"
(Subscription Only) Title: TEPCO facing difficulties in water injection at Daiichi plant
Source: Kyodo
Date: 8:42a ET, August 31, 2012
The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Friday continued to face difficulties in controlling the amount of water being injected into the three crippled reactors at the plant, which is critical to keeping the melted fuel inside cool.
The amount of water injected into the reactors dropped below the minimum required level twice on the previous day. Workers have operated valves to increase the coolant, but the water flow is falling from time to time compared with the initially set level.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has yet to nail down the cause, but it suspects something may be stuck inside the pipes, hampering the flow of water.
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