*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.
- 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. 3.8m3/h through reactor feed water
system piping arrangement.
- We commenced injection of nitrogen gas into Primary Containment Vessel
at 1:31 am on April 7.
- At 11:22 am on August 10, we started cyclic cooling for the water in the
spent fuel pool by an alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool
Cooling and Filtering System.
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 2:59 pm on September 14, we started injecting water to the reactor
through core spray system water injection piping arrangement in addition
to the water injection through reactor feed water system piping
arrangement.
Water is currently injected at approx. 3.8 m3/h through reactor feed
water system piping arrangement, and at approx. 6 m3/h through core spray
system water injection piping arrangement.
- From 5:21 pm on May 31, we started cyclic cooling for the water in the
spent fuel pool by an alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool
Cooling and Filtering System.
- 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 11:01 am
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.
- From 2:58 pm on September 1, we started water injection by core spray
system in addition to water injection by the reactor feed water system
piping arrangement.
Water is currently injected at approx. 2.6 m3/h through reactor feed
water system piping arrangement, and at approx. 8.1 m3/h through core
spray system water injection piping arrangement.
- From 7:47 pm on June 30, we started cyclic cooling for the water in the
spent fuel pool by an alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool
Cooling and Filtering System. (From 1:20 pm to 3:10 pm on September 29,
we started injection of hydrazine (corrosion inhibitor) in addition to
this.)
- 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 around 6 am on March 15, we confirmed the explosive sound and the
sustained damage around the 5th floor rooftop area of Reactor Building.
- From 12:44 pm on July 31, we started cyclic cooling for the water in the
spent fuel pool by an alternative cooling equipment of the Fuel Pool
Cooling and Filtering System. (From 1:57 pm to 3:48pm on September 27,
we also injected hydrazine [corrosion inhibitor].)
- From 11:34 am on August 20, we started an operation of desalination
equipment in the spent fuel pool.
- At this moment, we don't think there is any reactor coolant leakage
inside the primary containment vessel.
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
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 (System B) by its original seawater pump.
- From 9:45 am to 10:42 am on September 26, the B system (main) of sea
water pump on Residual Heat Removal System was switched to the A system
(temporary), in order to repair the outlet valve of the pump.
- At this time, we don't think there is any reactor coolant leakage inside
the primary containment vessel.
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
of Unit 6 to cool down Spent Fuel Pool.
- At 7:27 pm on March 20, the reactor achieved cold shutdown.
- At 2:33 pm on September 15, we started separately cooling the reactor
through the Residual Heat Removal System and the spent fuel pool through
Equipment Cooling Water System and Fuel Pool Cooling System.
- At this time, we don't think there is any reactor coolant leakage inside
the primary containment vessel.
Others
- At around 10 am on June 13, we started the operation of the circulating
seawater purification facility installed at the screen area of Unit 2
and 3.
- At 8:00 pm on June 17, we started operation of Water Treatment Facility
against the accumulated water. 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.
- At 7:41 pm on August 19, we started treatment of accumulated water by
parallel operation of one line from the cesium adsorption instrument to
the decontamination instrument and the other treatment line of the cesium
adsorption instrument No.2.
- At 9:51 am on September 13, we started transferring accumulated water
from the turbine building of Unit 2 to High Temperature Incinerator
Building of Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment Facility.
- At 9:54 am on September 15, we started transfer of the accumulated water
from the process building of Unit 3 to Centralized Radiation Waste
Treatment Facility. At 10:00 am on September 30, we changed to transfer
the accumulated water to the turbine building of High Temperature
Incinerator Building of Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment Facility.
- From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on September 29, we transferred of the
accumulated water from the turbine building of Unit 6 to the temporary
tank. At 10:00 on September 30, we started the transfer.
- At around 10:30 am on September 29, the worker of the partner company
got water from the drain hose to his full-face mask, when conducting the
transfer of the concentrated waste water at the Water Treatment Facility.
Since it is assumed that the part around mouth was contaminated when
removing the full-face mask, decontamination was conducted by wiping. As
the result of the measurement of contamination inside the body of the
worker using the whole body counter, we have confirmed that the worker
did not take in any radioactive materials.