Japan's Fukushima reactor may be reheating: operator
- Published: 13/02/2012 at 07:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.
The crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station is seen through a bus window in Okuma in 2011. Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said Sunday.
Tokyo Electric Power said one of three thermometers on the number-two reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant indicated gradual heating this month and reached 82 degrees Celsius (179.6 degrees Fahrenheit) Sunday.
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