*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
reactor through the reactor feed water system was initiated.
-From 3:37 pm on March 25, we started injecting freshwater by a motor
driven pump powered by the off-site transmission line. We are now
injecting freshwater by a motor driven pump powered by the off-site
transmission line.
The current rate of water injection is approx. 5 m3/h
through reactor feed water system piping arrangement.
-As it was suspected that hydrogen gas had been accumulated inside
Primary Containment Vessel, we commenced the valve opening operation
concerning injection of nitrogen gas into the primary containment
vessel at 10:30 pm on April 6 and commenced injection at 1:31am
April 7.
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 freshwater by a motor driven pump
powered by the off-site transmission line.
The current rate of water injection is approx. 5 m3/h
through the reactor feed water system piping arrangement.
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.
The current rate of water injection is approx. 11.5 m3/h
through the reactor feed water system piping arrangement.
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
Reactor Building.
-At this moment, we do not consider any reactor coolant leakage
inside the primary containment vessel has occurred.
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 cold shutdown.
-At this moment, we do not consider any reactor coolant leakage
inside the primary containment vessel has occurred.
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 cold shutdown.
-At this moment, we do not consider any reactor coolant leakage
inside the primary containment vessel has occurred.
Operation for cooling the spent fuel pools
-At 5:21 pm on May 31, we started cyclic cooling of the spent fuel
pool in Unit 2 using alternative cooling system for fuel pool
cooling and filtering system.
-From 2:23 pm to 7:45 pm on June 4, we started water spray to Unit 4
by a concrete pumping vehicle (from 2:51pm, also injected hydrazine
[corrosion inhibitor] at the same time).
-From 10:16 am to 10:48 am on June 5, we started the water
injection to the spent fuel pool of Unit 1 by a temporary motor
driven pump.
-At 1:08 pm on June 5, we started the water injection to the spent
fuel pool of Unit 3 by a temporary motor driven pump (from 1:14 pm
to 2:16 pm, we added hydrazine (antioxidant)).
-We will continuously conduct further water spray depending on the
conditions of spent fuel pools, if needed.
Others
-At 1:30 pm on April 26, we started spraying the dust inhibitor
inside the site.
On May 27, we started spraying dust inhibitor to Turbine Building of
Units 1. We will implement spraying the dust inhibitor to other
turbine and reactor buildings of Units 1 to 4.
-At 2:00 pm on May 1, we started transferring accumulated water in
the turbine building of Unit 6 to temporary tanks.
-At 11:00 am on May 10, we started transferring accumulated water
from the underground level of reactor building to the radiation
waste treatment facility of Unit 6.
-At 8:00 am on May 31, 2011, we confirmed oil leakage to the sea
around the curtain wall of the water intake canal of Unit 5 and 6,
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. As a result of our
investigation, we confirmed that oil leaked from pipes around
seawall to the port through holes of steel sheet piles and that the
leakage has already stopped. Since the diffused area was just around
the curtain wall and the surface of the sea around Shallow Draft
Quay and the oil film was very thin, we confirmed that there is no
spread to the outer sea. We completed installing oil-absorbing mat
around seawall at approximately 2:00 pm and also installed oil
fences at 4:50 pm. We plan to protect pipes around seawall and
collect the oil.
-From 12:50 pm on June 2 to 9:56 pm on June 4, we transferred
accumulated water from the condenser of turbine building of Unit 3
to the condensate storage tank of Unit 3.
-At 6:39 pm on June 4, we started transferring accumulated water
from vertical shafts (trenches) of turbine building of Unit 2 to
Process Main Building.
-We will continue to take all measures to ensure the safety and to
continue monitoring the surrounding environment around the power
station.