NIIGATA – Smoke was detected in a building full of heat-exchange equipment at an idled reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant but no fire was found, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday.
There were no reports of radiation leaks at the No. 5 reactor when the smoke was detected late Saturday. The reactor contains no fuel, the utility said.
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