» A pump to inject water into reactors stopped by huma error

2013/10/07

A pump to inject water into one of the severely damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant stopped on Oct 7th after a worker accidentally triggered a power failure, according to TEPCO.

The halt occurred at around 9:47 a.m. but cooling of the No. 1 reactor immediately resumed through a backup pump.

TEPCO said the power failure occurred when one of two employees conducting routine checks of electricity equipment wrongly pushed a “stop” button on a switchboard, cutting power supply.
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Water injection for damaged Fukushima reactor accidentally halted (Japan Times)

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