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Press Release (Apr 13,2011)
Plant Status of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station (as of 4:00 pm April 13th)
 
On March 11th 2011, turbines and reactors of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power 
Station Unit 1 to 4 (Boiling Water Reactor, rated output 1100 Megawatts) 
that had been operating at rated power automatically shutdown at 2:48 pm 
due to the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (previously announced on 
March 11th).

At 7:15 pm on March 15th, the reactor of Unit 4 achieved cold shutdown. As 
a result, all reactors of Unit 1 to 4 at Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power 
Station achieved cold shutdown (previously announced on March 15th). 

<Updates are underlined> 
 Regarding the earthquake occurred at 2:07 pm on April 12th (previously 
 announced in the press release "Plant conditions after the earthquake" 
 on April 12th), we have been inspecting the plant, however, no trouble on 
 the plant facilities has been detected. 
 The figures indicated at exhaust stack monitors and monitoring posts at 
 the station boundary are within the usual range, and there is no influence 
 of radioactivity outside as of now. 
 
As of 4:00 pm on April 13th, the reactors of Unit 1 to 4 are in cold 
shutdown (please refer to the attachment). We continue to make our 
endeavor to stabilize each plant. 
Appendix:TEPCO Plant Status of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station 
         (as of 4:00 pm April 13th)(PDF 17.9KB) 
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