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Tepco: Cooling system suspended at Fukushima Spent Fuel Pool No. 3

Tepco: Cooling system suspended at Fukushima Spent Fuel Pool No. 3 — Will not resume until weekend http://enenews.com/tepco-cooling-system-suspended-at-fukushima-spent-fuel-pool-no-3-will-not-resume-until-weekend   Title: Daily Report
Source: TEPCO : Press Release
Date: November 6, 2012

At 9:53 AM on November 6, Unit 3 spent fuel pool alternative cooling system was stopped in order to check the change of visibility inside the spent fuel pool (clarity of the pool) during system suspension as a preparation for debris removal from the pool (The pool water temperature when the system was stopped: 17.5℃). The system will be suspended until November 10. Since the pool water temperature increase rate is estimated to be approx. 0.17℃/h and there will be a sufficient margin to the maximum allowed temperature of 65℃, there will be no problem with the pool water temperature control.

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Plant Parameters  as of 5:00 on November 7, 2012: Alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool of Unit 3 is stopped. Therefore, Temperature in the spent fuel pool and FPC skimmer surge tank level of Unit 3 show close data. The expected temperature increase at the SFP water is around 0.166℃/h

November 9, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general