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Press Release (Jun 24,2011)
Status of TEPCO's Facilities and its services after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (as of 9:00 AM, June 24)
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 6:27 pm on June 23rd, regarding the water injection line to the reactor 
  of each unit, we changed for Unit 1 and Unit 2 by using electrical reactor 
  water injection pumps for Unit1, and stopped electrical reactor water 
  injection pumps for Unit 2. 
- At 9:32 am on June 23rd, fresh water injected to reactor well and dry 
  separator pit of Unit 4 and finished at 3:29 pm. 
- On June 23rd, dust inhibitor that prevents radioactive materials from 
  flying apart sprayed on the north side of the ultra high voltage switching 
  yard of Unit 5 and 6 for the area of 5,160m2. 
Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station: 
  Units 1 to 4: shutdown due to the earthquake 
- At 2:45 pm on June 23rd, at check point of service building of Unit 1 and 
  Unit 2, a security agent, who attended materials taking out, caught his 
  clothing to the fire extinguisher on the wall and dropped to injure right 
  foot little finger. The security agent was transferred to the J-village 
  and arrived at 3:58 pm. After treatment of doctor, transferred at 4:30 pm 
  to Sogo Iwaki Kyoritsu Hospital by ambulance. No contamination was found  
  due to the body survey. 
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 178KB) 
 
* Revised past progress 
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