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Press Release (Jul 10,2011)
Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 3:00 pm, July 10)
*There is no update from the previous press release.
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 which is now powered by the off-site transmission line. 
  Water is currently injected at approx. 3.5m3/h through reactor feed 
  water system piping arrangement.
- We commenced injection of nitrogen gas into Primary Containment Vessel 
  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. At 6:27 pm on June 23, we changed the water injection line so 
  that we can inject water to Unit 1 and 2 by the motor driven pump for 
  Unit 1 and stopped the motor driven pump for Unit 2.
  Water is currently injected at approx. 3.4m3/h through reactor feed 
  water system piping arrangement.
- At 8:06 pm on June 28, we started injecting nitrogen gas into the 
  Primary Containment Vessel.
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.
  Water is currently injected at approx. 9 m3/h through 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.
- At 7:47 pm on June 30, we started cyclic cooling of the spent fuel pool 
  in Unit 3 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 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 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.
- From 8:00 pm on June17, we started operation of water treatment of 
  accumulated water at accumulated water treatment facility.
- At 6:00 pm on July 2, we started the circulating injection cooling to 
  inject the water, which was treated by the accumulated water treatment 
  system, to the reactors through the buffer tank.
- From 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on July 9, we transferred low radioactive 
  accumulated water from the outdoor temporary tank to Mega Float.
- From 10:30 am to 4:30 pm on July 9, we transferred the accumulated water 
  from the turbine building of Unit 6 to temporary tank.
- At 4:53 am on July 10, since chemical liquid was leaked from the 
  chemical injection line of the coagulation settling equipment of the 
  water treatment facility, we stopped the operation of the facility. 
  Water injection into the reactor is continued. We will repair the 
  leakage hereafter.
- We will continue to take all measures to ensure the safety and to 
  continue monitoring the surrounding environment around the power station. 
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