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Tepco halts cooling system at nuclear plant after sparks

(Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, located near the tsunami-crippled Daiichi plant, on Thursday halted the cooling system at one of its reactors after electrical sparks were detected, Kyodo news agency reported.

Tokyo Electric Power , the plant’s operator, expects to be able to restore the cooling system at the Daini plant’s No.1 reactor before the end of Thursday, Kyodo said.

The Daini plant, about 240 km (150 miles) from Tokyo, is located several miles along the Pacific coast from the Daiichi plant . . . . (more)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/07/japan-nuclear-daini-idUST9E7HS03J20110707

at the other Fukushima plant – TEPCO fails too – 

Trouble at Reactor No. 3: Unable to inject nitrogen in containment vessel to prevent hydrogen explosion

From June 29 –  Expert concerned about possible explosion at No. 3 

 UPDATE  July 8 –   Humans Will Enter Reactor 3 Again

 . . .  it looks like TEPCO has NO problem killing more workers! 

Another STUPID P.R. HOAX (making emplyees post PRO-NUKE messages all around the internet) BACKFIRED!

Kyushu Electric        B U S T E D ! ! !  

Kyushu Electric: Emails Sent to 2,300 Employees at Subsidiaries