Japanese nuclear power plant (NPP) “Onagawa”, located in the north-east of the country, due to the earthquake that occurred on March 20, it turned out to be insignificant. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the TOOKU ELECTRIC POWER station operator.
According to its representatives, with one of the reactors in the pool for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) fell a small part. A few more support elements were discovered nearby. “There is no negative impact on the assembly with a neat,” they emphasized in the company.
It is noted that even before the earthquake on the first reactor “ONGAVA” was carried out on its dismantling, the second and third reactors were stopped for technical inspection.
Earthquake Magnid 7.2 occurred in Japan on March 20. Residents of several northeastern and eastern prefectures of the country, including Ivate, Ibaraki, Sitemas, Fukushima and Tokyo felt powerful shocks. The coast was declared a threat of tsunami.
Elements left without electricity at least 200 houses in Miyagi Prefecture. Because of seismic production, the Sinkansen high-speed trains stopped on the territory of the prefecture. Information about the dead and affected did not come.