We are announcing the status of major inspections and restoration works and nonconformances 
at TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station after the Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake. 

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We sincerely apologize for having caused anxiety to local residents due to various hazards. 
With regard to the fire that broke out at the turbine building of TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 
NPS Unit No.7 on November 22nd, 2008, the fire headquarters of Kashiwazaki City, the Nuclear 
and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the 
Niigata prefecture have instructed TEPCO on November 26th, November 28th and December 2nd, 
respectively, to revamp our efforts to prevent fire hazards from happening. 
In light of the fire that broke out at the turbine building of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPS Unit 
No.6 on December 8th, NISA instructed TEPCO on December 9th to report to them on the details 
of the fire including root cause analysis and recurrense prevention measures. The fire 
headquarters of Kashiwazaki City has also instructed us again today.
We sincerely acknowledge the instructions and requests from various institutions and will 
do our best to prevent recurrence of events by increasing the level of safety consciousness 
together with cooperating companies. 
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Inspection/Restoration Status

 ○ Inspection and restoration completed between December 5th to December 11th, 2008 
    (Completed on the following date) 

   • Unit No.7 Reactor containment vessel closure: 
      December 5th 
   • Unit No.7 Stack inspection (Inspection of outdoor duct): 
      December 8th 
   • House boilers inspection (Arahama-side: 3A Inspection of boilers): 
      December 8th 

 ○ Inspection and restoration to be commenced between December 12th to December 18th, 2008 
    (To be commenced on the following date)  

   • Unit No.1 Seismic reinforcement works (Preparation for seismic reinforcement works 
     for emergency intake channel): 
      December 8th* 
   • Unit No.2 Reactor recirculation piping preventive maintenance (Preparation work) : 
      December 16th 
   • Unit No.3 Stack inspection (Inspection of stand-by gas treatment system pipe support): 
      December 15th 
   • Unit No.6 Main generator inspection (Restoration work):
      December 13th 
   • Unit No.6 Stack inspection (Inspection of outdoor duct): 
      December 16th 
   • Unit No.6 System functional test (Functional test of instrument compression air system): 
      December 10th* 
   • Unit No.6 System functional test (Rated capacity verification test of the emergency 
     diesel generator): 
      December 15th 
   • Unit No.6 System functional test (Functional test of DC power source system): 
      December 16th*
   • Unit No.6 System functional test (Interlock functional test of liquid waste storage 
     facility and disposal equipment #2): 
      December 17th 
   • Unit No.6 System functional test (Test operation of auxiliary boiler): 
      December 17th 
   • Unit No.6 System functional test (Functional test of automatic depressurization system): 
      December 18th 
                                                * Work schedules added and altered this week. 

 ○ Work Schedule of Major Inspection/Restoration from December 7th, 2008 to January 3rd, 2009

  • Work Schedule of the Main Inspection/Restoration of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear 
    Power Station in Response to the Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake (during 4 Weeks)
                                                                          ....Appendix 

 (Reference) 
  Nonconformances Found in the Inspection and Restoration Works Performed after the 
  Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake

  Based on the "Public Announcement Regarding Nonconformance Found in the Inspection 
  and Restoration Works Performed after the Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake", the Tokyo 
  Electric Power Company, Incorporated (TEPCO) provides this announcement containing 
  incidents information reported from December 4th to December 10th, 2008. 

 ○ Incidents Information (relating to the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake)  
  < Reports from December 4 to December 10, 2008 >  
 ○ Other Findings

  • Information on Nonconformances (those related to: the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake; 
    Grades As, A, B, C, D; and non-graded)       * Numbers were corrected to reflect nonconformance incidents that had been 
        identified as not related to the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake (5 cases). 

Appendix: Work Schedule of the Main Inspection/Restoration of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear 
          Power Station in Response to the Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake (during 4 Weeks) 
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