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Press Release (Oct 08,2011)
Status of TEPCO's Facilities and its services after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (as of 3:00 pm, October 8)
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 Unit 1 to 3: shut down due to the 
  earthquake
   (Units 4 to 6: outage due to regular inspections)  

*At 11:45 am on October 8, our partner company's worker found liquid spill 
 at hose for transferring reverse osmosis membrane concentrated water in 
 Water Desalinations (reverse osmosis membrane). At noon on the same day, 
 to stop the leakage, we stopped the operation of reverse osmosis membrane 
 concentrated water pump and Water Desalinations No2 and No3. At 0:40 pm 
 on the same day, we confirmed that the liquid spill had been stopped. We 
 are planning to change the part of the hose which caused the liquid spill.  
 We have changed the transfer root, and started the reverse osmosis 
 membrane concentrated water pump. At 14:00 on October 8, we restarted the 
 operation of the Water Desalinations (reverse osmosis membrane) No2 and 
 No3.

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

*At 2:00 pm on October 8, at Unit 3, we stopped Residual heat removal 
 system (B) to switch the residual heat removal system from (B) to (A), 
 and at 2:46 pm on the same day we started Residual heat removal system (A). 

- 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 3:00 pm on October 8, 2011) (PDF 94.7KB)

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

* Revised past progress


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