World | Fukushima Daiichi Fukushima Plant's Cooling System Fails—Again Second cooling glitch in a month By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 5, 2013 2:40 AM CDT Copied This aerial file photo taken on March 11, 2013, shows reactor buildings Unit 1 to 4, from right in the middle of the photo, at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) Japanese nuclear regulators say the cooling system has failed for a storage pool for fuel at one of the reactors at the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in the northeast. There was no immediate danger from the failure, the second at the plant in a month. A spokesman for the Nuclear Regulation Authority says an alarm went off today about the problem at reactor No. 3. The cause is still under investigation. A spokesman for the plant's operator said the cooling system can be turned off for two weeks before temperatures approach dangerous levels. The Fukushima Dai-ichi plant went into multiple meltdowns after the March 2011 tsunami. The plant is being decommissioned, but continues to have glitches. Last month, a power outage led to a cooling system not working for two days. Read These Next Trump says Coca-Cola is making Coke sugary again. DOJ fires Maurene Comey, an Epstein prosecutor. Senate claws back aid to public broadcasting. This is why you don't wear metal in MRI rooms. Report an error