*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.
- At 3:37 pm on March 25, 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.
Water is currently injected at approx. 3.7 m3/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.
- At 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. 3.1m3/h through reactor feed water
system piping arrangement, and at approx. 7 m3/h through core spray
system water injection piping arrangement.
- At 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.
- At 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.
- At 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. 2.1m3/h through reactor feed water
system piping arrangement, and at approx. 8.1 m3/h through core spray
system water injection piping arrangement.
- At 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.
- 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.
- At 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 1:01 pm to 2:41pm on October 20, we
injected hydrazine [Anti-corrosion chemicals] to spent fuel pool.
- At 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.
- 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.
- For the purpose water intake inspection, at 9:05 am October 21, seawater
pump of Equipment Water Cooing System (A) was first shutdown, and at 9:13
am, Residual Heat Removal System (A) pump was stopped, and stopped
cooling the reactor. At 9:15 am, Residual Heat Removal System seawater
pump (C) was stopped. After the inspection was finished, the cooling for
the reactor from Residual Heat Removal System (A).was resumed at 3:55 pm
by restarting the seawater pump of Residual Heat Removal System (C) 3:37
pm. At 4:01 pm, pump of Residual Heat Removal System (A). At 4:01 pm, the
seawater pump of Equipment Water Cooling System was restarted as well. As
a result of this interruption, the water temperature in the reactor
increased by approximately 8°C from 24°C and the water temperature for
the spent fuel pool increased by approximately 2°C from 25°C.
- 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 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 2:06 pm on October 7, we started to spray purified accumulated water
brought from Unit 5 and 6 continually in order to prevent dust scattering
and potential fire outbreaks from the cut down trees.
- At 10:00 am on October 20, we started transferring the accumulated water
from the basement of turbine building of Unit 3 to the High Temperature
Incinerator Building of Central Radioactive Waste Treatment Facility.
- At 10:12 am on October 20, we started transferring the accumulated water
from the basement of turbine building of Unit 2 to the Process Main
Building of Central Radioactive Waste Treatment Facility.
- From 10am to 4:00 pm on October 21, we finished transferring accumulated
water from temporary tank to mega float.
- At 10:00 am on October 22, we started transferring the accumulated water
brought from the turbine building of Unit 6 to temporary tank.
- At 10:35 am on October 22, we started transferring the accumulated water
brought from the basement of turbine building of Unit 1 to the basement
of turbine building of Unit 2.