A small amount of radioactive material was found in the water; the operator company of the station states that the situation does not pose a threat to the environment; the power unit is expected to be stopped on 17 October for 10 days to inspect and replace defective nodes; technical water is currently flowing at a rate of approximately 0.2 tons per hour.
Presby. Tohoku Electric Power announced today (Thursday) that it would suspend the operation of the No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in north-east Japan around Saturday, after monitoring the amount of Y.