Due to the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake which occurred on March
11, 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 17, we have compiled the roadmap towards restoration from the
accident and then we updated the roadmap considering the current situation,
on June 17. 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 1:37 pm on June 20, concerning the accumulated water in the trench of
Unit2 turbine building, we started to transfer to condenser in Unit1
turbine building. At 5:09 pm on June 21, we stopped to transfer.
- At 10:00 am on June 21, we started transferring accumulated water in the
basement of the turbine building of Unit 6 to the temporary storage
tanks. We stopped to transfer at 4:00 pm on same day.
- At 11:05 am on June 21, we started to transfer accumulated water in the
basement of reactor building of Unit 6 to reactor attached building
(waste treatment building). At 1:30 pm on the same day completed to
transfer.
- At 11:55 am on June 21, we temporarily stopped operating the nitrogen
supply equipment to Unit 1 Primary Containment Vessel due to work to
install a transformer in the Power Station. At 6:03 pm we recommenced
operation of nitrogen supplying equipment.
- At 3:32 pm on June 21, we started transferring accumulated water in
turbine building of Unit3 to central waste treatment facility building.
- At 8:23 am on June 22, we started injecting fresh water to reactor well
and dry separator pit of Unit 4.
- On June 21, we sprayed dust inhibitors to the area of approx.5,900m2 in
yards around Unit 5 in order to prevent scattering of radioactive
materials on the ground by a crawler dump truck.
On June 21, workers sprayed dust inhibitors to the area of approx.
5,250m2 in materials yards etc.
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)
It is expected that we will be able to maintain the policy of avoiding
further implementation of planned blackouts this June because it is
estimated that we will be able to secure the capacity exceeding the maximum
forecasted demand as of now, thanks to your understanding as well as
cooperation on saving electricity.
However 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. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and appreciate
for your cooperation to save electricity.
Appendix: Past Progress (PDF 215KB)
* Revised past progress