Japan has another 7.4-magnitude earthquake, powering off nuclear power plants in various places

by：ALLTOP 2021-04-07

Another magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan. Nuclear power plants in various regions were cut off. China News.net.cn On the day or so local time (late Beijing time), a strong earthquake of magnitude on the Richter scale occurred in Miyagi Prefecture in the northeastern region of Japan. According to Japan’s Kyodo News Agency, apart from power outages in Japan’s nuclear power plants, no other abnormalities have occurred. Tokyo Electric Power Company stated that as of late local time, no radioactive material leakage caused by the earthquake had been found at the Fukushima** nuclear power plant. In addition, after the earthquake, the Fukushima ** nuclear power plant injecting water into the reactor of Unit No. 1 and the operation of injecting liquid nitrogen into Unit No. 1 continued. Tohoku Electric Power Company stated that the external power supply of the Totong Nuclear Power Plant Unit in Totong Village, Aomori Prefecture, which is undergoing regular maintenance, has experienced a power outage, and it is currently using emergency backup power generation equipment to continue cooling the spent fuel pool. The Tohoku Electric Power Company also stated that after the earthquake that night, it had not received any abnormal information from the Onagawa nuclear power plants in Ishinomaki City and Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture.