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Press Release (Sep 27,2011)
Status of TEPCO's Facilities and its services after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (as of 9:00 am, September 27)
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 progress status of roadmap considering 
the current situation, on July 19. Accomplishment of the Step1 target 
"Radiation dose is in steady decline" has been confirmed. On September 20, 
we updated the further progress. 
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 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) 

* We restarted transferring the accumulated water from the basement of the 
  Unit 6 turbine building to the temporary tank at 10:00 am, September 26. 
  We finished transferring at 4:00 pm on the same day.

* One of the staff from the cooperating companies was injured catching his 
  forth finger between the steel stocks in site of the power plant 
  (outdoors) at 11:05 am, September 26. The staff returned to the office 
  outside the site and headed for the emergency medical office with a 
  surgical mask on. As a result of the measurement by whole body counter,
  we have evaluated that no radioactive materials was taken in.
  Contamination on the surface of the body and the surgical mask is not 
  detected.

* At 3:05 pm on September 26, we adjusted the volume of water injected at
  6.0 ㎥/h from Core Spray System into Reactor Building of Unit 2 (while
  we continue injecting water at of 4.0 ㎥/h from Feed Water System).

* At approx. 6:17 pm on September 26, one of the pumps (H2-2) of the skid
  of the Cesium adsorption apparatus has shut down. Throughput of the
  apparatus is decreased from approx. 20 ㎥/h to 16 ㎥/h.

-Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station:
    Units 1 to 4: shutdown due to the earthquake

* Unit 1 residual heat removal system (B) was stopped at 6:25 am, 
  September 26 in order to transfer the power supply cable (temporarily 
  installed) to the residual heat removal systems (B) of Units 1 and 2. 
  We restarted the residual heat removal system (B) at 4:15 pm on the same
  day.

-Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Station:
    Units 5, 6: under normal operation
    (Units 1 to 4 and 7: outage due to regular inspections)

[Thermal Power Station]
-Power supply has returned to normal and facilities damaged by the 
 earthquake are now being handled in a timely manner.

[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.

[Impacts on Power Supply and Demand Balance]
Thanks to our all customer's energy-saving efforts, we could successfully 
maintain an even supply-demand balance in this summer. We express our 
deepest appreciation to the efforts.

While we will continue to exert maximum effort to stabilize the supply-
demand balance, we kindly request your continued efforts in keeping 
electricity consumption within reasonable levels.

Appendix: Past Progress (As of 9:00 am, September 27, 2011) (PDF 218KB)

Appendix: Past Progress (From March 11, 2011 to July 31, 2011)(PDF 225KB)

* Revised past progress

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