Construction crane collapses on Japan`s Takahama NPP unit

  21 January 2017    Read: 1419
Construction crane collapses on Japan`s Takahama NPP unit
A construction crane collapsed on the second unit and the spent nuclear fuel pool of the Takahama nuclear power plant (NPP), Kansai Electric Power, the NPP’s operator company said on Saturday in a statement.
The 367-feet crane arm is said to have damaged a part of the reactor’s wall and the roof of a building with the spent nuclear fuel pool. The company pointed out that the debris had not fallen into the pool.
The incident caused by strong wind did not result in radiation leaks, according to the statement.

The construction works at the Takahama NPP were launched last year as the plant has been used for over 40 years. The end of the works is scheduled for 2020.

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