Ok.

I'm hoping they don't have another nuclear meltdown.

> The No. 4 reactor was halted at 3:21 p.m., the Osaka-based utility said, adding that there has been no indication of the incident causing environmental contamination. The reactor's cooling function is normal, according to the Nuclear Regulation Authority.

nothing to worry about, plant did what it was supposed to do

wow it's nothing

Fukushima Daiichi was the cumulation of everything that could go wrong going wrong all at once. This however will be fine, no tsunami or earthquake, the power grid is still up.

This isn't news at all really.

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alert worked, it alerted the right people of an out-of-the-norm situation

the automatic shutdown worked, it shut itself down automatically

the alert is not periodical per se, but since it did happen and I can't comment on what happened and why I'll just be happy the alert system worked properly

It functioned correctly. Something went wrong, or at least a sensor thinks something went wrong, the operators were notified, they took action, all is well until new information is presented. The bigger concern would be if the alert hadn’t fired when something may have been wrong.

yes. sort of like check engine light. oh it went on? hmmmm went off later. no worries

Sure, if you're story includes getting a mechanical diagnosis.

The fact that the reactor was able to "SCRAM" means that it did its job when the rest of the system said something was wrong.

I was expecting a lot more by the headline

Fukui made world news! It’s the third least populated prefecture, and one of the few that has a higher birth rate because there is nothing to do there but bump uglies. Fukui: Japan’s North Dakota.

The article stated it happened in November and was restarted in December.

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Alarm "going off" meaning the alarm switched "on"?

That’s not how it works. There’s a myriad of reasons an emergency scram can occur. An operator error in startup of auxiliary equipment can cause it. Stick with what you know.

• Former Reactor Operator

Not to mention years of ignoring clear safety issues going all the way back to before they even built the plant

Yes. English is hard sometimes.