Operation of ventilation and air-conditioning system at reactor building
of unit 5 and 6 has been suspended since March 11, 2011. We have been
carrying restoration works and checks to repair the system to prevent the
equipment from degradation aiming for keeping the stable cold shutdown and
improve the high-humidity environment in the building. Now the system is
ready to operate and so we will start the operation of the system at 13:30
pm on January 11, 2012.
The operation of the system leads air inside of reactor building to be
exhausted through main exhaust stack of unit 5 and 6. However, we will
monitor the exhausted air by radiation monitor (exhaust monitor) that is
the same as the way we monitor them before March 11, 2011, and also we
will exhaust the air through newly installed high performance particle
filter placed at both intake and exhaust sides at air-condition equipment
in reactor building to reduce the level of radioactive.