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Press Release (Apr 18,2011)
Plant Status of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station (as of 4:00 pm, April 18th)
On March 11th 2011, turbines and reactors of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power 
Station Units 1 to 4 (Boiling Water Reactor, rated output 1,100 Megawatts) 
that we had been constantly operating at rated thermal output were 
automatically shut down 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 18th, the reactors of Unit 1 to 4 are in cold 
shutdown (please refer to the attachment). We continue to make our 
endeavors 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 18th)(PDF 17.4KB) 
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