Nuclear reactor temperature at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant rises to 82°C

The bottom of one of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in eastern Japan rose to 82 degrees Celsius (179.6 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday afternoon, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) said on Monday.

According to Tepco, the safety equipment at the No. 2 reactor of the nuclear plant showed that the temperature had reached about 82 degrees Celsius (179.6 degrees Fahrenheit) at 2:15 p.m. local time on Sunday. The temperature has been increasing gradually since February 2, less than two months after the company announced a cold shutdown. Channel6newsonline