Fukushima Cooling Circuits May Be Damaged, France’s ASN Says
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Getting pumps and cooling circuits working at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Japan may take days even after power is restored, according to the French nuclear watchdog.
“There will be a risk of creating short-circuits in material that was underwater,” Marie-Pierre Comets, a commissioner at the Paris-based Autorite de Surete Nucleaire, said at a press conference today. “There are a lot of tests on the cooling systems that have to be carried out.”