Japan's TEPCO says reactor on automatic shutdown
Date: 02-Nov-01
Country: JAPAN
TEPCO said there was no radiation leak as a result of the incident at the Fukushima No. 2 power plant's No. 2 reactor in Fukushima prefecture.
The company said had been in the process of restarting the facility when operations were halted automatically by equipment monitoring neutrons.
The cause of the shutdown, which took place at 1:05 a.m. (1605 GMT Wednesday), was under investigation, the company said.
TEPCO, Japan's largest power company, supplies electricity to Tokyo and the surrounding region.
Nuclear power accounts for about one-third of Japan's electricity needs.
