*The 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, 2011. It was assumed to be hydrogen
explosion.
- At 3:37 pm on March 25, 2011, 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 10:11 am on December 10, 2011, in addition to water injection from
water feeding system, we started water injection from piping of core
spray system to the reactor.
Current water injection volume is approx. 4.6 m3/h from the reactor
feed water system and approx. 1.6 m3/h from the core spray system.
- At 1:31 am on April 7, 2011, we commenced injection of nitrogen gas
into Primary Containment Vessel.
- At 11:22 am on August 10, 2011, 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.
- On October 28, 2011, we completed installation of the cover for the
Reactor Building in order to contain dispersion of radioactive
substances.
- At 4:04 pm on November 30, 2011, we started operation to inject
nitrogen into the reactor pressure vessel.
- At 6:00 pm on December 19, 2011, a full-scale operation of the PCV gas
management system started.
Unit 2 (Shut down)
- At approximately 6:00 am on March 15, 2011, an abnormal noise began
emanating from nearby Pressure Suppression Chamber and the pressure
within the chamber decreased.
- At 10:10 am on March 26, 2011, 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, 2011, in addition to water injection from
water feeding system, we started water injection from piping of core
spray system to the reactor.
Current water injection volume is approx. 2.8 m3/h from the reactor
feed water system and approx. 7.1 m3/h from the core spray system.
- At 5:21 pm on May 31, 2011, 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, 2011, we started injecting nitrogen gas into the
Primary Containment Vessel.
- At 6:00 pm on October 28, 2011, a full-scale operation of the PCV gas
management system started.
- At 10:46 am on December 1, 2011, we started the nitrogen injection to
the Reactor Pressure Vessel.
Unit 3 (Shut down)
- Explosive sound and white smoke were confirmed at approximately 11:01
am on March 14, 2011. It was assumed to be hydrogen explosion.
- At 6:02 pm on March 25, 2011, 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, 2011, we started water injection by core
spray system in addition to water injection by the reactor feed water
system piping arrangement.
Current water injection volume is approx 0.8 m3/h from the reactor feed
water system and approx. 8.1 m3/h from the core spray system.
- At 7:47 pm on June 30, 2011, 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 9:35 am on January 12, we stopped the Unit 3 spent fuel pool
alternative cooling system in order to install a radioactive materials
removal equipment in the Unit 3 spent fuel pool (the temperature of the
spent fuel pool at the time of the stoppage: approx. 12.7°C). As the
estimated increase of the temperature is 0.22°C/h (the outage time:
approx. 4 hours 30 minutes), there is no problem regarding the
temperature of the spent fuel pool.
- At 8:01 pm on July 14, 2011, injection of nitrogen gas into the Primary
Containment Vessel started.
- At 4:26 pm on November 30, 2011, we started operation to inject
nitrogen into the reactor pressure vessel.
Unit 4 (Outage due to regular inspection)
- At around 6 am on March 15, 2011, 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, 2011, 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 10:58 am on November 29, 2011, in order to decrease more salinity,
we installed Ion exchange equipment and started the operation of such
equipment.
- 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, 2011, we started the Residual Heat Removal
System Pump in order to cool the spent fuel pool.
- At 2:45 pm on July 15, 2011, we started the operation of the original
Residual Heat Removal System (System B) by its original seawater pump.
- At 10:11 am on December 22, 2011, since we finished the recovery work
of seawater pump (System B) of equipment water cooling system, we made
a trial run. At 11:25 am on the same day, we confirmed no abnormalities
and restarted the operation.
- At this moment, 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, 2011, we started the Residual Heat Removal
System Pump of Unit 6 to cool down Spent Fuel Pool.
- At 2:33 pm on September 15, 2011, 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.
- At this moment, we do not think there is any reactor coolant leakage
inside PCV.
- At 4:20 pm on January 11, in order to avoid the deterioration of the
facilities needed to maintain the stable cold shutdown and to improve
the high-humidity environment in the Reactor Building, we started up
ventilation and air-conditioning system in the building. This air
conditioning system inlets and outlets air by high-efficiency particle
filter.
Others
- At around 10 am on June 13, 2011, 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, 2011, 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, 2011, 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, 2011, 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.
- On October 28, 2011, we started installation of the water proof wall at
the sea side, in front of the existing shore protection, Units 1-4, in
order to contain marine pollution by underground water.
- At 12:25 pm on December 13, 2011, we started the re-circulating
operation of desalination facility (reverse osmosis membrane type) for
the purpose of suppression of condensed water after desalination
treatment.
- From 8:17 am on January 10 to 3:21 pm on January 11, we conducted the
transfer of the accumulated water from the basement of the Unit 2
turbine building to the centralized radiation waste treatment facility
(the process main building).
- From 3:45 pm on January 11 to 8:02 am on January 12, we conducted
transfer of the accumulated water from the basement of the Unit 2
turbine building to the centralized radiation waste treatment facility
(the miscellaneous solid waste volume reduction treatment building [the
high temperature incinerator building] and the process main building).
- From 3:39 pm on January 11 to 8:07 am on January 12, we conducted
transfer of the accumulated water from the basement of the Unit 3
turbine building to the centralized radiation waste treatment facility
(the miscellaneous solid waste volume reduction treatment building [the
high temperature incinerator building] and the process main building).
- From 9:47 am on January 11 to 3:32 pm on the same day, in the
centralized radiation waste treatment facility we conducted transfer of
the accumulated water from the on-site bunker building to the process
main building.
- At 8:58 am on December 20, 2011, we stopped the cesium adsorption
apparatus in order to adjust the water level in the respective turbine
buildings and the centralized radiation waste treatment facility (the
miscellaneous solid waste volume reduction treatment building [the high
temperature incinerator building] and the process main building).
At 3:22 pm on January 11, we activated the apparatus. At 3:30 pm on the
same day, the flow rate has reached the ordinary level.
- Because of the finding of accumulated water included radioactive
materials at the trench between the Process Main Building and the
Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume Reduction Treatment Building[High
Temperature Incinerator Building](December 18, 2011), we started the
inspection of other trenches at the site on January 11.
As a result of the inspection of January 11, the locations where
accumulated water was discovered and the nuclide analysis results are
as follows:
· The Unit 2-4 DG connecting duct
I-131: below measurable limit, Cs-134: approx. 1.9×100Bq/cm3,
Cs-137: approx. 2.6×100Bq/cm3
· The accumulated water treatment building - the connecting duct in the
Unit 1 turbine building
I-131: below measurable limit, Cs-134: approx. 8.8×10-1Bq/cm3,
Cs-137: approx. 1.3×100Bq/cm3