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Press Release (Oct 21,2011)
Status of TEPCO's Facilities and its services after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (as of 3:00 pm, October 21)
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 October 17, 
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.

[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)

- For the purpose of Unit 6 water intake inspection, at 9:05 am October 21, 
  unit 6 seawater pump of Equipment Water Cooing System was shutdown, and
  stopped cooling the spent fuel pool. At 9:13 am, Residual Heat Removal 
  System (D) was stopped and stopped cooling the reactor. 

- At 10:00 am October 21, transportation of accumulated water, which was 
  transferred from unit 6 turbine building to temporary tank before, to 
  mega float

- From 11:20 am to 11:52 am on October 21, aiming to restore the function 
  of primary reactor water level gauge, we filled the measurement piping 
  with water from makeshit gauge (gauge in the makeshift lac) in the 
  primary reactor Water Level Gauge in Unit 2.

·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 3:00 pm on October 21, 2011) (PDF 264KB)
Appendix: Past Progress (From March 11, 2011 to July 31, 2011)(PDF 225KB)

* Revised past progress

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