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Jun 11, 2013 / 12:12

Cooling system restored

Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan.

The Hanoitimes - Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan.

Tokyo Electric, know as TEPCO, was expected to lower temperatures which had risen at the reactor.

The temperature at the nuclear reactor at the No.5 unit was up to 87 degrees Celsius (188 degrees Fahrenheit) at 8:00 a.m. from about 68 degrees before the cooling system stopped operating, the official said.