*Updates are underlined.
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.
-At 5:01 am on July 31, because the amount of water injection to the
reactor was found to be lowered, the amount of water injection through
feed water system piping arrangement was adjusted to approx. 3.7 ㎥/h.
Water is currently injected at approx. 3.7 ㎥/h through feed water
system piping arrangement.
-We commenced injection of nitrogen gas into Primary Containment Vessel
at 1:31am on 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 fresh water by a motor driven pump powered by the
off-site transmission line.
-At 5:01 am on July 31, because the amount of water injection to the
reactor was found to be lowered, the amount of water injection through
feed water system piping arrangement was adjusted to approx. 3.7 ㎥/h.
Water is currently injected at approx. 3.7 ㎥/h through 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. 8.9㎥/h through reactor feed water
system piping arrangement.
-At 8:01 pm on July 14, injection of nitrogen gas into the Primary
Containment Vessel started.
Unit 4 (Outage due to regular inspection)
-At approximately 6 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 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 2:45 pm on July 15, we started the operation of the original Residual
Heat Removal System Pump (B).
-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 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 June 17, 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 30, we transferred low level accumulated
water from temporary tank to Mega Float.
-From 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on July 30, we transferred accumulated water at
Unit 6 turbine building to the temporary tank.
-At 11:04 am on July 30, we started transferring accumulated water at
spent fuel common pool building to the water desalinations tank.
-At 4:10 pm on July 30, we started transferring accumulated water at Unit
2 turbine building to Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment Facility.
-At 4:13 pm on July 30, we started transferring accumulated water at Unit
3 turbine building to Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment Facility.
-Approximately 3:54 am on July 31, an earthquake whose seismic center was
off the coast of Fukushima prefecture with magnitude 6.4 occurred, though
there were no particular influence to the status of activities, including
water injection to the reactors of Unit 1 to 3, nitrogen gas injection to
Primary Containment Vessels of Unit 1 to 3, operation of water treatment
facilities, circulating cooling of pool water using alternative cooling
facilities of spent fuel pool cooling and filtering system of Unit 2 and
3. In addition, each unit's major parameters do not show unusual figures,
and no injured was found. The monitoring posts located on the border of
the power station's premise shows figures within its normal range.
-At 10:00 am on July 31, we started transferring low level accumulated
water at temporary tank to Mega Float.
-We will continue to take all measures to ensure the safety and to
continue monitoring the surrounding environment around the power station.