TOKYO - Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) (9501.T: Quote, Profile, Research) , Japan's biggest power utility, said it would shut down the No. 2 nuclear power generation unit at its Fukushima-Daiichi plant in northern Japan yesterday due to technical problems.
TEPCO will start shutting the 784,000-kilowatt unit at around 5:30 p.m. (0830 GMT) for unplanned inspections, a spokesman said.
The company will investigate the cause of the trouble during the shutdown and does not know when the unit will be restarted, the spokesman said.
Earlier yesterday, TEPCO reduced the power output from the unit.
The company had said there was no radiation leaking into the outside environment.
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