Reactor at Kansai Electric's Oi Plant Stops after Alarm
A nuclear reactor at the Oi power plant in Japan shut down automatically following an alarm triggered by a magnetic field generator issue. No radioactive leakage was reported, and the incident is currently under investigation.
Why it matters
Nuclear safety incidents, even minor ones, are critical for public safety and energy policy in Japan.
Osaka, Aug. 9 (Jiji Press)--The No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, has stopped automatically after an alarm went off, the company said in the small hours of Sunday.
While the cause of the incident is under investigation, no leakage of radioactive substances has occurred, according to the firm, which serves the Kansai western Japan region.
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