Due to the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake which occurred on March 
11, 2011, TEPCO's facilities including our nuclear power stations have 
been severely damaged. We deeply apologize for the anxiety and 
inconvenience caused. 
With regard to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, on 
April 17, 2011, we have compiled the roadmap towards restoration from the 
accident and on July 19 we accomplished the Step1 target "Radiation dose 
is in steady decline". Then on December 16 we confirmed the accomplishment 
of the Step 2 target "Release of radioactive materials is under control 
and radiation doses are being significantly held down". 
In addition, on December 21, 2011, we have compiled the "Mid-to-long-Term 
Roadmap toward the Decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power 
Units 1-4, TEPCO". 
In addition to the maintenance of the plant's stable condition, we will 
implement Mid-to-Long Term countermeasures towards the decommissioning of 
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Units 1-4 to enable evacuees to return to 
their homes as soon as possible and reduce the anxiety of the people in 
Fukushima and the whole nation as soon as possible.

Below is the status of TEPCO's major facilities.

* The updates are underlined.

[Nuclear Power Station]

·Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Unit 1 to 3: shut down due to 
 the earthquake: 
 (Units 4 to 6: outage due to regular inspections before the earthquake)

 -With regard to the water injection volume for Unit 2 reactor, which was 
  increased with temperature figure raising, we have gradually adjusted it 
  to the original volume before temperature increasing (Feed water system: 
  approx. 3.0m3/h, core spray system: approx. 6.0m3/h). During our 
  observing the plant parameter after the decreasing the flow rate of feed 
  water system on February 22, we found that one thermometer in the lower 
  part of the RPV indicated the different movement from others. From 0:21 
  pm to 2:48 pm on February 23, we investigated the concerned device. As 
  the result of the measurement of DC resistance, we found no breaking 
  wire and availability of the thermometer. But we confirmed that the DC 
  resistance of it became higher than the previous measurement test data. 
  We will evaluate the soundness of the concerned device and examine 
  correspondence in future. We make sure no re-criticality state because 
  there were no significant changes at the monitoring post and as the 
  result of the sampling for the Gas Control System of the Unit 2, we 
  confirmed that the concentration of Xe-135 was below the detectible limit. 
  ·At 11:00 am on February 27, the temperature of the lower part of the 
   RPV (top of the lower head 135°) : approx. 44.3 °C 
  (Reference) 
  ·At 11:00 am on February 27, the temperature of the lower part of the 
   RPV (top of the lower head 270°) : approx. 40.7 °C 
 -As we confirmed that high radioactivity contaminated water is 
  accumulating in the pit of water circulating pump discharge valve of 
  unit 3 pump chamber at the inspection of trench etc. conducted on 
  January 19, we started to transferring accumulated water from the pit to 
  the basement of unit 2 turbine building at 10:13 am, February 27. 
 -At 2:04 pm, on February 26, we started transferring accumulated water 
  from basement of unit2 turbine building to the Centralized Radiation 
  Waste Treatment Facility [High temperature Incinerator building].At 
  10:37 am, on February 27, we stopped transferring. 
 -At 10:50 am, on February 27, 2012, we started transferring accumulated 
  water from basement of unit 2 turbine building to Centralized Radiation 
  Waste Treatment Facility Process Main building. 
 -At 1:26 pm, on February 27, we started injecting hydrazine [corrosion 
  inhibitor] into unit 2 spent fuel pool by using circulating cooling 
  system.

·Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station: 
  Units 1 to 4: shutdown due to the earthquake

·Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Station: 
  Units 6: under normal operation 
  (Units 1 to 5 and 7: outage due to regular inspections)

[Thermal Power Station] 
·Power supply has returned to normal and the facilities damaged by the 
 earthquake are now being handled in a timely manner.

[Hydro Power Station] 
·Power supply has returned to normal and the facilities damaged by the 
 earthquake are now being handled in a timely manner.

[Impacts on Transmission Facilities] 
·Power supply has returned to normal and the facilities damaged by the 
 earthquake are now being handled in a timely manner.

[Impacts on Power Supply and Demand Balance] 
This winter, there are some minus factors such as the regular inspection 
of Unit 5 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station. On the other hand, 
there are several plus factors such as the recovery of the common thermal 
power stations which suffered the earthquake. As a result, we expect to 
secure 53.7 GW (at the end of February) supply power. 
Compared to the maximum demand in the last winter, which is 51.5 GW, we 
will have 2.2 GW generation reserve margin.

We expect to maintain stable power supply this winter. However, as there 
remains possibilities of unplanned shutdowns at our power stations and 
growth in the demand according to the rapid change in the temperature, we 
would like to ask your reasonable effort to save electricity.

We will continue to make our efforts to maintain stable operation and 
maintenance of the power facilities in order to "prevent in principle" the 
planned blackouts and secure power supply. 
 

 
Appendix: Past Progress (As of 3:00 pm on February 27, 2012) (PDF 677KB) 
Appendix: Past Progress (From March 11, 2011 to July 31, 2011) (PDF 225KB) 
 
* Revised past progress