» March 18th blackout was caused by a rat

2013/03/29

Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, said on March 20,2013 that they found the remains of a small animal like rat inside the housing of a scorched switchboard. Now they believe this animal was the cause of a short circuit in a switchboard that may have led to the power outage at the plant, disabling cooling systems for spent fuel pools on March 18th.
Media Report

Rat suspected of causing power problem at Fukushima plant (Mainichi Newspaper)

Fukushima blackout investigators examine dead rat (Asahi Newspaper)

Fukushima plant outage reveals lack of backup power source 2 years after crisis outbreak (Mainichi Newspaper)

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