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Press Release (Jan 24,2012)
Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 4:00 pm, January 24)
*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.
  The Current water injection volume is approx. 4.3 m3/h from the reactor
  feed water system and approx. 2.0 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.
  From January 19, 2012, regarding the water injection into the reactor, 
  in order to switch injection piping of the reactor injection pump on the 
  hill, the amount of the water injected into the reactor is gradually 
  adjusted. At 10:42 am on January 24, the water injected from the reactor 
  feed water system was adjusted from approx. 7.0m3/h to approx. 8.0 m3/h 
  and the amount of water injected from the core spray system was adjusted 
  from approx. 1.9 m3/h to approx. 1.0 m3/h. 
- 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.
- At 11:50 am on January 19, 2012, we started the operation of the spent
  fuel pool desalting facility. 
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.
  From January 18, 2012, regarding the water injection into the reactor, 
  in order to switch injection piping of the reactor injection pump on the 
  hill, the amount of the water injected into the reactor is gradually 
  adjusted. At 10:38 am on January 24, the amount of water injected from 
  the reactor feed water system was adjusted from approx. 6.0m3/h to 
  approx. 7.0 m3/h and the amount of water injected from the core spray 
  system was adjusted from approx. 2.9 m3/h to approx. 2.0 m3/h. 
 - 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 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.
- At 3:18 pm on January 14, we started operation of the radioactive
  material removal instrument for the spent fuel pool in Unit 3 
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 (from 1:30 pm to 3:14 pm on January 12,
  2012, we injected hydrazine [corrosion inhibitor] in conjunction with
  the cyclic cooling).
- 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. 
Others 
- At around 10:00 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 8:00 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.
- As finding of accumulated water containing 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. 
- From 2:33 pm on January 22 to 10:02 am on January 24, we transferred 
  accumulated water to the Central Radioactive Waste Treatment Facility 
  (Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume Reduction Treatment Building [High
  Temperature Incinerator Building]).
  At 3:36 pm on January 24, we started transferring the accumulated water 
  from the basement of the turbine building of Unit 2 to the centralized 
  radiation waste treatment facility (miscellaneous solid waste volume 
  reduction treatment building [high temperature incinerator building] and 
  process main building). 
- From 2:30 pm on January 22 to 3:45 pm on January 23, we transferred
  accumulated water from basement of Unit 3 turbine building to the
  Central Radioactive Waste Treatment Facility (Miscellaneous Solid Waste
  Volume Reduction Treatment Building [High Temperature Incinerator
  Building]).
  At 3:24 pm on January 24, we started transferring the accumulated water 
  from the basement of the turbine building of Unit 3 to the centralized 
  radiation waste treatment facility (miscellaneous solid waste volume 
  reduction treatment building [high temperature incinerator building] and 
  process main building). 
- From 9:01 am to 4:10 pm on January 23, we filled water in the condensate
  storage tank of Unit 3.
- At 10:36 am to 3:51 pm on January 23, we transferred accumulated water
  from On-site Bunker Building to Process main building at Centralized
  Radiation Waste Treatment Facility.
- At 8:35 am on January 24, we suspended the second cesium absorption
  apparatus due to reverse cleaning of the filters because the amount of
  disposal water of the second cesium absorption apparatus decreased
  gradually. It was restarted at 2:55 pm on the same day, and it reached 
  the steady flow rate (36m3/h) at 3:03 pm on the same day. 
- From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on January 24, we transferred the accumulated
  water in the basement of T/B, Unit 6 to temporary tank.
- At approx. 12:00 pm on January 24, one of the staff from a cooperating 
  company struck his full-face mask against the edge of the carrier of a 
  truck and the filter of his mask temporarily dropped off. As there was a 
  possibility of intake of radioactive materials, we measured his internal 
  exposure dose with a whole body counter. As a result, there was no 
  significant problem of internal radiation dose (the measured level was 
  below the standard of inscription in the radiation dose management 
  notebook.), therefore, we evaluated that there was no intake of 
  radioactive materials. There was no pollution on the inner side of the 
  full-face mask, the face, and the nostril. 
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