Septembre 2013

Japan : Typhoon cuts off monitoring transmissions from Monju reactor

Source : The Asahi Shimbun

https://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201309170043 Typhoon cuts off monitoring transmissions from Monju reactor

September 17, 2013

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

Fiber-optic cables that allow the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization to monitor the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor appear to have been damaged in a landslide Sept. 16 caused by powerful Typhoon No. 18, officials said.

The Monju plant, based in Tsuruga, Fukui (...)