IAEA: Power Restored to Most Reactors at Fukushima Daiichi :: POWER Magazine

IAEA: Power Restored to Most Reactors at Fukushima Daiichi :: POWER Magazine

AC power is now available at Units 1, 2, and 4 of the six-reactor quake- and tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, according to recent updates; however, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) still believes “the overall situation remains of serious concern.”

As periodic water spraying of Units 2, 3, and 4 and the common spent fuel pool has continued, crews have restored power to some instrumentation in all units—with the exception of Unit 3. That unit’s main control room has lighting but no power to its equipment or instruments.

Among positive developments are that the pressure in the reactor pressure vessel and drywell of Unit 3 is stable, Graham Andrew, a special adviser to the IAEA director told the media today. However ...IAEA: Power Restored to Most Reactors at Fukushima Daiichi :: POWER Magazine