*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 amount from the reactor feed water system is
approx.4.6 m3/h and that from the core spray system is approx. 2 m3/h.
-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
feed water system, we started water injection from piping of core spray
system to the reactor.
To improve reliability of water injection to the reactors, the injection
line connecting to the reactor injection pump on the hill was replaced
with polyethylene pipes and we have been changing the route for reactor
injection from feed water system to reactor core spray system in a
stepwise manner. After completion of adjusting water flow amount as
planned on February 2, tendency of temperature rise at the bottom of PCV
was observed. Thus, at 7:20 pm on February 3, 2012, we changed the
injection amount into Unit 2 reactor through feed water system from
approx. 2.9 m3/h to approx. 4.9 m3/h and changed that though reactor core
spray system from approx. 5.8 m3/h to approx. 3.8 m3/h (which means
setting them at those of before flow adjustment on February 1, 2012).
After that, we have observed the tendency of temperature at the upper
head of the bottom of PCV. The temperature was around 70.0 °C (approx.
70.3 °C at 11:00 pm on February 5) and in order to prevent further
temperature increase, we decided to increase the amount of water injected
to the reactor. At 1:29 pm on February 6, the water injection volume to
the Unit 2 reactor through the feed water system was changed from approx.
5.8 m3/h to approx. 6.8 m3/h (the water injection through the reactor
core spray system remains approx. 3.8 m3/h). At this moment, temperature
indicates approx. 71.0 °C (as of 11:00 am on February 6). We will monitor
it continuously.
The current water injection amount from the reactor feed water system is
approx. 6.8 m3/h and that from the core spray system is approx. 3.8 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
control system started. On February 6, 2012, the sampling was
conducted on charcoal filter of the system.
-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.
The current water injection amount from the reactor feed water system is
approx. 2.9 m3/h and that from the core spray system is approx. 6m3/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.
-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.
-At 9:18 am on January 31, we started transfer of Sub-drain Water of Unit
6 to the temporary tank. We will conduct transferring to the temporary
tank appropriately.
-At 9:49 am on February 5, we started water transfer from the basement of
turbine building of Unit 3 to Centralized Radiation Waste Treatment
Facility (Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume Reduction Treatment Building
[High Temperature Incinerator Building]).
-At 10:00 am on February 6, we started water transfer from the basement of
turbine building of Unit 6 to the temporary tank.
-At 8:40 am on February 6, we temporally suspended the second cesium
adsorption apparatus to conduct backwash of the filter since gradual
decrease in the volume of treatment was confirmed. At 1:25 pm, we
initiated the apparatus and the flow volume reached at normal level
(34 m3/h) at 1:33 pm.
-At 8:05 am on February 5, our employee on patrol confirmed the water
leakage from valve flange in the outdoor fire protection system piping
in Unit 6. Around 8:31 pm, the valve for upper stream was closed and
leakage was stopped. The water leaked was already processed and there
supposed to be no outflow of the water to the sea because there is no
drain located near by.
-From 8:44 am to 1:03 pm on February 6, the dust sampling was conducted
in the opening of Unit 2 reactor building (blowout panel).
