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