Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company and Fukui Prefectural Government released news on the 19th that the generator and reactor of Kansai Electric Power Ohi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 automatically shut down on the 8th due to damage to the exciter components. According to Fukui Prefecture, there are 72 diode components inside the exciter, and the fixing bolt of 1 of the diodes broke. Traces left by melting at high temperatures were also found nearby. No abnormalities were found in the generator itself.

Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company and Fukui Prefectural Government released news on the 19th that the generator and reactor of Kansai Electric Power Ohi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 automatically shut down on the 8th due to damage to the exciter components. According to Fukui Prefecture, there are 72 diode components inside the exciter, and the fixing bolt of 1 of the diodes broke. Traces left by melting at high temperatures were also found nearby. No abnormalities were found in the generator itself.