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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. Current injected water amount is approx. 4.5 m3/h
through feed water system.
- As it was suspected that hydrogen gas had been accumulated inside
Primary Containment Vessel, in order to prevent increase in density of
oxygen, 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.
- 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.
- 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 12:42 pm on June 11, we started to operate local exhausters in order
to improve inside environment of Unit 2 Reactor Building. At 8:51 pm on
June 19, we slightly opened the airlock of the reactor building, and at
5:00 am on June 20 we fully opened it. At 2:30 pm on the same day we
opened the truck bay door of the reactor building. We confirmed a
monitored result of dose rate in the air and confirmed that there was no
external impact.
- At approximately 10:00 am on June 13, we started the operation of the
circulating seawater purification facility installed at the screen area
of Unit 2 and 3.
- At 2:20 pm on June17, we started transferring accumulated water in the
vertical shaft (trench) of the turbine building of Unit 2 to the
condenser in the turbine building of Unit 1. However, at 2:59 pm we
stopped the operation of the transfer pump since water flux was not
observed. The transfer pump that we had confirmed did not properly work
was switched to other ones and we resumed transfer of accumulated water
at 1:37 pm on June 20.
- From 8:00 pm on June17, we started operation of water treatment of
accumulated water at accumulated water treatment facility. At 12:54 am
on June18, we stopped operation of the facility temporarily due to the
radiation dose at surface level measured up to the basis of exchange
filter of Cesium adsorption Instruments.
- At 9:49 am on June 20, we started fresh water injection to the reactor
wells and pools for temporary storage of equipments of Unit 4 and Unit 5,
in order to improve the working environment (to reduce radiation dose)
on the 5th floor of the reactor building of Unit 4 and Unit 5.
- We will continue to take all measures to ensure the safety and to
continue monitoring the surrounding environment around the power station.