October 12, 2004

Tokyo----Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced that TEPCO has begun 
the process of shutting down the No. 5 reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi 
nuclear power station (rated output: 784MW) at 6:00pm on October 12.
The suspension of the reactor is due to the acceptance of the propose by 
Fukushima Prefecture to replace the eroded water pipe. This replacement 
will be planned for about a week.