The media reported smoke at the first power unit of the Japanese Tsuraga nuclear power plant

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As NHK TV channel reports, on the morning of February 8, at the Japanese Tsuruga nuclear power plant, located in the west of the island of Honshu, smoke was noticed.

It is specified that smoke is observed in the area of ​​​​the turbine compartment at the first power unit of the nuclear power plant.

«Police and fire departments are at the scene of the emergency, there were injured no,” the channel reports.

Other details of the incident have not yet been made public.

Recall that on November 12, 2011, a fire broke out at the first power unit of the station due to a short circuit in the generator, but the radiation leak was managed to avoid. On March 17, 2015, the first reactor of the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant was shut down.