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cooling Fukushima reactors hit by power failure, backup kicks in
Pumps
cooling Fukushima reactors hit by power failure, backup kicks in
power failure, but that a backup system kicked in immediately.
6
October, 2013
Tokyo
Electric Power Co, or Tepco, pours hundreds of tonnes (1 tonne =
1.102 metric tons) of water a day over the reactors to cool them
after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 caused
nuclear fuel to melt down. Tepco stores the radioactive runoff in
tanks above ground.
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