*Updates are underlined
All 6 units of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have been shut down.
Unit 1 (Shut down)
- Explosive sound and white smoke were confirmed after the big quake
occurred at 3:36 pm on March 12. It was assumed to be hydrogen explosion.
- At approximately 2:30 am on March 23, seawater injection to the nuclear
reactor through the feed water system was initiated.
- From 3:37 pm on March 25, we started injecting freshwater and are now
injecting fresh water by a motor driven pump powered by the off-site
transmission line.
- As it is suspected that hydrogen gas is accumulated inside reactor
containment vessel, we commenced the valve opening operation concerning
injection of nitrogen gas into the reactor container vessel at 10:30 pm
April 6th and commenced injection at 1:31am April 7.
- At 10:01 am on May 6th, in order to make nuclear reactor flooded to the
top of Fuel range, we have increased the amount of injecting freshwater
from approximately 6 m 3/h to approximately 8m3/h.
Unit 2 (Shut down)
- At approximately 6:00 am on March 15, an abnormal noise began emanating
from nearby Pressure Suppression Chamber and the pressure within the
chamber decreased.
- From 10:10 am on March 26, we started injecting freshwater to the
reactor and are now injecting fresh water by a motor driven pump powered
by the off-site transmission line.
Unit 3 (Shut down)
- Explosive sound and white smoke were confirmed at approximately 11:01am
on March 14. It was assumed to be hydrogen explosion.
- From 6:02 pm on March 25, we started injecting fresh water to the
reactor and are now injecting fresh water by a motor driven pump powered
by the off-site transmission line.
- At 4:53 pm on May 12, as a part of work to switch the water injection
line to the nuclear reactor from the fire extinction system to the
reactor feed water system, we started water injection through the
reactor feed water system in addition to through the fire extinction
system. At 4:01 pm on May 13th, we changed water injection amount to
through the fire extinction system piping arrangement at approximately
6m3/h and the reactor feed water system piping arrangement at
approximately 6 m3/h. At 10:01 am on May 14th, we increased water
injection to the nuclear reactor of Unit 3 through the fire extinction
system piping arrangement from at approximately 6 m3/h to 9 m3/h. (water
injection thorough the reactor feed water system piping arrangement is
maintained at approximately 6 m3/h).
Unit 4 (Outage due to regular inspection)
- At approximately 6:00 am on March 15, we confirmed the explosive sound
and the sustained damage around the 5th floor rooftop area of the
Nuclear Reactor Building.
- At this moment, we do not consider any reactor coolant leakage inside
the reactor happened.
Unit 5 (Outage due to regular inspection)
- Sufficient level of reactor coolant to ensure safety is maintained.
- At 5:00 am on March 19, we started the Residual Heat Removal System Pump
(C) in order to cool the spent fuel pool.
- At 2:30 pm on March 20, the reactor achieved reactor cold shutdown.
- At this moment, we do not consider any reactor coolant leakage inside
the reactor happened.
Unit 6 (Outage due to regular inspection)
- Sufficient level of reactor coolant to ensure safety is maintained.
- At 10:14 pm on March 19, we started the Residual Heat Removal System
Pump (B) of Unit 6 in order to cool the spent fuel pool.
- At 7:27 pm on March 20, the reactor achieved reactor cold shutdown.
- At this moment, we do not consider any reactor coolant leakage inside
the reactor happened.
Operation for cooling the spent fuel pools
- From 4:04 pm to 7:04 pm on May 13th, we sprayed water into the spent
fuel pool of Unit 4 with the concrete pumping vehicle (from 4:20 pm to
6:41 pm, hydrazine was also injected).
- From 1:00 pm to 2:37 pm on May 14th, we sprayed water into the spent fuel
pool of Unit 2 using the temporary motor driven pump. (from 1:08 pm to
2:02 pm, hydrazine was also injected).
- We will continuously conduct further water spray depending on the
conditions of spent fuel pools, if needed.
Injured etc
- At about 6:50 AM on May14th, 2011, a worker of a sub-contractor became a
bad health during a carrying work for drainage treatment system in the
Centralized Environment Facility. He was carried to hospital.
Radioactive substances were not attached to the worker.
Others
- At 1:30 on April 26th, we have started spraying the dust inhibitor
inside the building.
- At 9:01am on May 10th, we temporarily suspended the transfer of high
level radioactive wastewater from the vertical shaft near the turbine
building of Unit 2 to the Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment Facility,
in order to lay out pipes from the turbine building of Unit 3. At 3:20
pm on May 12th, since part of its laying out pipes operation, which
affect to workers in exposed dose is finished we restarted the transfer.
- At 2:00pm on May 1st, we have started transferring the accumulated water
in turbine building of Unit 6 to temporary tanks.
- At 11:00am on May 10th, we have started transferring the accumulated
groundwater inside the reactor building to the radiation waste treatment
facility in Unit 6.
- From 4:01 am to 5:39 pm, May 13th, we confirmed the plant conditions
inside of Unit 1's reactor building using the remote-controlled robot.
- We will continue to take all measures to ensure the safety and to
continue monitoring the surrounding environment around the power station.