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Tepco To Build New Power Source To Aid In Cooling6 }; t+ ^- L1 E% z1 }( y* K* E
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) will on Thursday start work to build makeshift electric power sources within the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a move intended to inject water more efficiently into the plant's crippled reactors, the company said at a dawn news conference.
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1 \# v) @! P4 v, n( s& VFirst, the utility will search for locations with relatively little radiation and install equipment for controlling power units and panels. The equipment will then be wired to water pumps on the outside of the reactors, the company said.* E5 c) `. [; u) g" W
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If the new power line is smoothly connected to the water pumps, workers will be able to cool fuel rods by sending seawater into reactor pressure vessels, containment vessels and storage pools of spent fuel.% W `; W2 ?! b, W, g3 U
. V; S1 o# ?2 {6 U1 ?- VConstruction will start as soon as Thursday morning, an official said, but it will be unclear how long the work will take to complete until it begins. The work will be carried out at the same time as cooling efforts under way by police water cannon trucks.
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+ h" H3 \" t1 l; w8 jTepco, as the utility is known, also intends to install cables to supply electricity from Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s (9506) power grid, but this is not likely to be completed until after the power units, the official said. |
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