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.

* The underlined parts are the updates from the previous press release 
  (3:00 pm, October 17).

[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 around 4:03 PM of October 17, we detected radiation from near the 
    mouth of one of our employees who returned to the visitor's hall of 
    Fukushima-Daini Nuclear Power Plant from cooling water injection works 
    at the second floor of reactor No.1. After a further screening test by 
    a whole body counter we concluded that there was no internal exposure.
  * The Cesium adsorption apparatus has been suspended at 6:09 AM of 
    October 18, due to power works of the water desalinations.

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

- 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 on October 18, 2011) (PDF 248KB)
Appendix: Past Progress (From March 11, 2011 to July 31, 2011)(PDF 225KB)

* Revised past progress