Unable to stabilize Fukushima nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said on May 30 that the stability period of the crisis at the nuclear power plant by the end of this year is not possible.

Earlier, on April 17, TEPCO announced it could stabilize the reactors in the next 6-9 months.

However, with the discovery of the melting situation in the past No. 1 and No. 3 reactors, officials in the country believe that recovery work will be postponed significantly, so the work schedule will be delayed. again.

The stability of the reactors at the Fukushima plant is unknown before the end.
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TEPCO also said that they have successfully replaced the water pump to cool the No. 5 reactor, so the temperature of the reactor has decreased.

On the morning of May 29, the reactor seawater cooling pump and the reactor fuel tank of the No.5 reactor stopped working, causing the temperature in the reactor and storage tank to increase.

TEPCO has installed a spare pump, causing the water temperature in the reactor to fall on the afternoon of May 29 and the temperature in the used fuel tank also begins to stabilize.

Previously, TEPCO has also successfully recovered used fuel tank cooling systems in No.1, 2, 3 and 4 reactors.

* The German ruling coalition has said it will close all of its nuclear reactors by 2022.

Environment minister Norbert Rottgen made the announcement after meeting with the ruling coalition.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has established a moral committee to consider nuclear power after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, which triggered many large-scale protests in Germany. .

Mr. Rottgen said the seven oldest reactors and the Kruemmel nuclear plant will not work again. 6 other reactors will stop operating by 2012 and the latest 3 will stop by 2022 and will never be operated again.

Some people from the German nuclear industry said the closure of the reactors would have huge consequences for the country's industry. Before stopping some reactors, 23% of Germany's electricity was produced by nuclear reactors.