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Press Release (Aug 19,2011)
(Information) Plant status after an earthquake occurred at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 3 pm, August 19)
The Following is the current plant status at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear 
Power Station after an earthquake occurred at 2:36 pm on August 19, 2011. 

 

 

The peak ground acceleration in the premises of Fukushima Daiichi was 47.2 gal (horizontal) recorded at the base mat of Reactor Building, Unit 6. Radioactive Impact to the outside: No The indicated values at monitoring posts on Fukushima Daiichi's boundary are shown no significant change before and after the earthquake. As far as we have confirmed there has been no radioactive impact to the outside environment. At this stage, there are no abnormalities observed on the water injection into the Reactors (Unit 1 to 3), circulation water cooling of the Spent Fuel Pools (Unit 1 to4), plant major parameters, nitrogen gas injection into the Primary Containment Vessels (Unit 1 to 3) and operation of the Water Treatment Facilities. As far as we have confirmed no one was injured due to the earthquake. Workers had been evacuated according to the announcement of tsunami warning.
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