On March 11 2011, turbines and reactors of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power
Station Units 1 to 4 (Boiling Water Reactors, rated output 1,100 Megawatts)
that we had been constantly operating at rated thermal output were
automatically shut down at 2:48 pm due to the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki
Earthquake (previously announced on March 11).
At 7:15 pm on March 15, the reactor of Unit 4 achieved cold shutdown. As a
result, all reactors of Units 1 to 4 at Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power
Station achieved cold shutdown (previously announced on March 15).
As of 3:00 pm on June 24, the reactors of Unit 1 to 4 are in cold shutdown
(please refer to the appendix). We continue to make our endeavors to
stabilize each plant.
<Updates are underlined>
At approximately 2:45 pm on June 23, a partner company's worker, who was
supervising the conveyance of items at the checkpoint of the service
building of Unit 1 and 2, got his clothes caught by the buckle of a fire
extinguisher on the wall and got the fifth finger of his right foot injured
by the falling fire extinguisher. We transferred the worker to a hospital
by an ambulance at 4:30 pm.
Today, he has been diagnosed as "laceration of the fifth finger on right
foot, fracture of distal phalanx".
We will investigate the causes and develop preventive measures.
Appendix: TEPCO Plant Status of Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station
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