*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. 4.7 m3/h and that from the core spray system is approx. 1.8 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.
With regard to the water injection volume for Unit 2 reactor, which was
increased with temperature figure raising, we adjusted the original
volume before temperature increasing (Feed water system: approx. 3.0m3/h,
core spray system: approx. 6.0m3/h). At 6:40 pm on February 19, we
changed the water injection volume from core spray system from approx.
10.0m3/h to 6.0m3/h (The water injection level from feed water system is
continuing at approx. 7.6m3/h)
The current water injection amount from the reactor feed water system is
approx.7.7m3/h and that from the core spray system is approx.6.1m3/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 around 7:05 am on February 18, within the Unit 2 SFP alternative
cooling system, an alarm sounded showing that the water flow difference
was large at the gateway of primary system pump and the system
automatically shutdown. After that, we confirmed there was no
abnormalities such as leakage at the location where the primary system
shutdown. However, as temperature decreased in the outer temperature, the
secondary system cooing water temperature also decreased and it may
freeze, with a view toward facility protection, we resumed it so as to
prevent the primary and secondary system from freezing. Upon resumption,
we made sure there were no leakage or parameter abnormalities, and by
releasing the alarm at 11:54 pm on February 18, we activated the system.
Since we do not see any abnormalities, operation of the system is still
continuing.
-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.
At 12:00 pm on February 19, since we finished to check out noble gas
monitoring of the PCV gas controlling system of Unit 2, we started
operation(sampling data of noble gas) . At 3:30pm on February 19, we
started continuous monitoring for the controlling 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.
-At around 5:00 am on February 8, the alarm which indicates the abnormally
low suction pressure of the high pressure RO pump in the desalination
apparatus of Unit 2 spent fuel pool went off and the device was
automatically shut down. The interlock closed all the isolation valves in
the system and the alternative cooling system for the spent fuel pool was
activated so there was no interruption to the cooling process. We also
confirmed that there was no leakage from the apparatus. Due to the
investigation afterwards we assumed that an instantaneous fall in the
pressure had caused this shut down. After we confirmed that certain
measures have been taken to prevent this we restarted the operation at
3:20 pm of February 18, but at 7:05 pm on the same day another alarm
which indicates that the difference of the water flow between the
entrance and the exit of the primary line pump of the substitutive
cooling system of the spent fuel pool of unit 2 went off and the system
shut had down automatically. Due to this the desalting facility has also
shut down, but later we reactivated the system and at 10:44 am on
February 19 we restarted the operation of the 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. 1.9 m3/h and that from the core spray system is approx. 5 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.
-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.
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.
-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 2:43 pm on February 10, we started to transfer accumulated water from
underground floor of turbine building of Unit 2 to centralized radiation
waste treatment facility (Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume Reduction
Treatment Building [High Temperature Incinerator Building]).At 9:17 am on
February 20, due to switching the transfer pumps, we transferred the
accumulated water at the basement of Unit 2 Turbine Building to
Centralized Waste Treatment Facility (Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume
Reduction Treatment Building [High Temperature Incinerator Building])
stopped. At 9:39 am on February 20, the transfer restarted.
-From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on February 18, we transferred accumulated water
from the turbine building of Unit 6 to the temporary tank. At 10:00 am on
February 20, we started to transfer.
-At 3:04 pm on February 19, we confirmed the water leakage at the flange
of header valve of water feeding line. The leaked water was filtrate
water and the amount was approx. 20L. At 3:55 pm on February 19, the
valve of upper stream was closed, and the water leakage was stopped. The
radiation dose in ambient air near the leaking point was almost same as
that of background. As the result of sampling of leaked water, we
confirmed that the sample data of Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 were below
measurable limit. In order to prevent the leakage from the surrounding
gutter, at 4:20 pm on February 19, we finished piling up the sandbags.
After then, we confirmed that the gutter which sandbags piled on was dry,
and no water leakage happened to the ocean.
-At 8:35 am on February 20, since the amount of disposed water in the
Second Cesium Adsorption instruments decreases gradually, we suspended
the system for cleaning.
-At 9:30 am on February 20, regarding the accumulated water at the
basement of Unit 3 Turbine Building, transfer to Centralized Waste
Treatment Facility (Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume Reduction Treatment
Building [High Temperature Incinerator Building]) started.