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).
As of 4:00 pm on April 15th, 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.
·There is no update from the previous press release.
Appendix: TEPCO Plant Status of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station
(as of 4:00 pm April 15th) (PDF 16.9KB)