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UPDATE 1-Jellyfish back off at Japan nuclear power plant
Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:44am GMT
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TOKYO, June 24 (Reuters) - Jellyfish sounded the retreat on Friday after blocking an all-important seawater cooling pipe at a western Japanese nuclear power plant, the plant operator said.
Several Japanese utilities are struggling to meet peak summer demand due to safety concerns after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co's plant in Fukushima, north of Tokyo.
The jellyfish managed to block the cooling system at one reactor at the Shimane plant on Thursday, prompting the operator to lower its generation capacity by 6 percent.
The Hiroshima-based operator, Chugoku Electric Power Co , said on Friday the jellyfish, common in Japanese waters during the summer, had backed off and operation was back to normal.
It was the first time jellyfish, about 20-30 cm long (8-12 inches), had interrupted operations at the Shimane plant since 1997, a company spokesman said.
The March tsunami crippled the Fukushima cooling systems, leading to fuel rod meltdowns.
The nuclear disaster has prompted the government the rethink its nuclear energy policy "from scratch" as routine maintenance and public concern leave only 19 of Japan's 54 reactors functioning.
Not resuming operations at the reactors would lead to power shortages around Japan, while replacing all energy generated by nuclear reactors with thermal power generators would raise costs for industry and consumers. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori Writing by Nick Macfie; Editing by Alex Richardson)
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110626/1/2tz9z.html
日本一核電廠 遭水母襲擊
中廣 更新日期:"2011/06/26 11:26"
日本西部一座核電廠遭水母襲擊，一度造成電廠運作受阻，發電量減少百分之6，幸好及時恢復，影響不大。
日本目前正疲於應付夏季用電量高峰期，而座落在本州西部「島根」的一座核電廠日前遭一群水母將海水冷卻管堵塞，影響核電廠正常運作，這是自1997年以來，當地核電廠首次遭水母影響。
日本自311地震海嘯核災重創，基礎建設毀損高達16兆9千億日圓，遠超過1995年「阪神大地震」的9兆6千億日圓。日本電力生產也因電廠受損而減少。
UPDATE 1-Jellyfish back off at Japan nuclear power plant
Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:44am GMT
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(Adds details throughout)
TOKYO, June 24 (Reuters) - Jellyfish sounded the retreat on Friday after blocking an all-important seawater cooling pipe at a western Japanese nuclear power plant, the plant operator said.
Several Japanese utilities are struggling to meet peak summer demand due to safety concerns after a March 11 earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co's plant in Fukushima, north of Tokyo.
The jellyfish managed to block the cooling system at one reactor at the Shimane plant on Thursday, prompting the operator to lower its generation capacity by 6 percent.
The Hiroshima-based operator, Chugoku Electric Power Co , said on Friday the jellyfish, common in Japanese waters during the summer, had backed off and operation was back to normal.
It was the first time jellyfish, about 20-30 cm long (8-12 inches), had interrupted operations at the Shimane plant since 1997, a company spokesman said.
The March tsunami crippled the Fukushima cooling systems, leading to fuel rod meltdowns.
The nuclear disaster has prompted the government the rethink its nuclear energy policy "from scratch" as routine maintenance and public concern leave only 19 of Japan's 54 reactors functioning.
Not resuming operations at the reactors would lead to power shortages around Japan, while replacing all energy generated by nuclear reactors with thermal power generators would raise costs for industry and consumers. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori Writing by Nick Macfie; Editing by Alex Richardson)
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110626/1/2tz9z.html
日本一核電廠 遭水母襲擊
中廣 更新日期:"2011/06/26 11:26"
日本西部一座核電廠遭水母襲擊，一度造成電廠運作受阻，發電量減少百分之6，幸好及時恢復，影響不大。
日本目前正疲於應付夏季用電量高峰期，而座落在本州西部「島根」的一座核電廠日前遭一群水母將海水冷卻管堵塞，影響核電廠正常運作，這是自1997年以來，當地核電廠首次遭水母影響。
日本自311地震海嘯核災重創，基礎建設毀損高達16兆9千億日圓，遠超過1995年「阪神大地震」的9兆6千億日圓。日本電力生產也因電廠受損而減少。
