Due to the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake which occurred on March 
11th 2011, TEPCO's facilities including our nuclear power stations have 
been severely damaged. We deeply apologize for the anxiety and 
inconvenience caused.
With regard to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, on 
April 17th, we have put together the roadmap towards restoration from the 
accident and then we updated the roadmap considering the current situation, 
on May 17th. By bringing the reactors and spent fuel pools to a stable 
cooling condition and mitigating the release of radioactive materials, we 
will make every effort to enable evacuees to return to their homes and for 
all citizens to be able to secure a sound life.

Below is the status of TEPCO's major facilities.
*Updates from previous press release are underlined. 

[Nuclear Power Station] 
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: 
       Units 1 to 3: shutdown due to the earthquake 
       (Units 4 to 6: outage due to regular inspections) 

-At 3:06 pm on May 20th, we started water spray to the spent fuel pool of 
 Unit 1 by the concrete pumping vehicle. We stopped the operation at 
 4:15pm on the same day (due to the wind etc). 

-From 5:39 pm, May 20th, we gradually decreased the water injection rate 
 to the reactor of Unit 3 through Fire Protection System from 9m3/h, and 
 at 11:54 pm we reached 6m3/h. 

-May 20th, we have conducted a spray of dust inhibitor in the area of 
 approx. 8,250 m2 around Noninflammables Treatment Facility, etc. by the 
 conventional method.

-At 6:20pm on May 20, the mega float left Onahama port for Fukushima 
 Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. 

Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station: 
       Units 1 to 4: shutdown due to the earthquake 

Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Station: 
       Units 1, 5, 6, 7: normal operation 
       (Units 2 to 4: outage due to regular inspection) 

[Thermal Power Station] 
-Hirono Thermal Power Station Unit 2 and 4: Shutdown due to the earthquake 

[Hydro Power Station] 
-Power supply has returned to normal and facilities damaged by the 
 earthquake are now being handled in a timely manner. 

[Impacts on Transmission Facilities] 
-Power supply has returned to normal and facilities damaged by the 
 earthquake are now being handled in a timely manner. 

[Perspective of Power Supply and Demand Balance in this Summer] 
We have worked to restore electricity supply after our nuclear and thermal 
power facilities were severely damaged by 
Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake. This time, we revised that the 
supply capacity in this summer would increase because we could plan to 
secure an additional capacity. 
However, in order to maintain the policy of avoiding further 
implementation of rolling blackouts during the summer, in addition to the 
above increase of the supply capacity, we sincerely ask for your continued 
cooperation in reducing electricity consumption. Now we are creating 
concrete measures considering "Outline of Countermeasures for Power Supply 
and Demand During Summertime" presented by the Electricity Supply-Demand 
Emergency Response Headquarters of the Japanese government. 
                                                    (Previously Announced)

In the event that an unplanned outage such as excessive continuous 
operation in old plants and a sudden increase of power demand due to 
unusual hot temperature occur, there is a possibility to affect a stable 
power supply. In order to maintain the policy of avoiding rolling 
blackouts, we steadily implement to install additional power capacity we 
have planed, and we continuously do our best efforts to secure supply 
capacity. 

Appendix: Past Progress (PDF 322KB) 

* Revised past progress