Updates from previous press release 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. 1.7 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.
-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.
The current water injection amount from the reactor feed water system is
approx. 2.7 m3/h and that from the core spray system is approx. 6 m3/h.
-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 decreasing the flow rate of feed
water system on February 22, we found that one thermometer in the lower
part of the RPV (top of the lower head 135°) indicated the different
movement from others. From 12:21 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. Through the investigation, we confirmed the
concerned device is soundness. We submitted the report on the soundness
of concerned device and the alternative method for monitoring temperature
inside the Reactor of Unit 2 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
to NISA on March 1. We continue the observation of the concerned device.
·At 11:00 am on March 15, the temperature of the lower part of the RPV
(top of the lower head 135°) : approximately 40.4 °C
·At 11:00 am on March 15, the temperature of the lower part of the RPV
(top of the lower head 270°) : approximately 40.9 °C (Reference)
-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 operation of the PCV gas control
system started. On March 14, 2012, we conducted sampling of the gas of
the PCV gas management system. As a result of the analysis, we confirmed
that at the entrance of the system Xenon 135 was below detection limit
(9.6 X 10-2Bq/cm3), and below the re-criticality criterion which is 1Bq/cm3.
-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 10:31 am on March 13,2012, because the suction pressure of the primary
system Circulating Water Pump had a tendency to decrease in the
substitute cooling system of spent fuel pool, we stopped the cooling of
spent fuel pool in order to change the primary system Strainer to manual
cleaning system and conduct the check of valves etc. until March 16. The
temperature rise on this period is expected approx. 21 °C. (Temperature
of water in spent fuel pool when we stopped: approx. 14.1 °C)
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 1.7 m3/h and that from the core spray system is approx. 5.4 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 7:00 pm on March 14, 2012, the regular operation of the PCV gas control
system started.
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.
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 8:47 am on March 11, we started transferring the accumulated water
from the basement of Turbine Building of Unit 2 to the centralized
radiation waste treatment facility (Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume
Reduction Treatment Building [High Temperature Incinerator Building]).
-At 8:46 am on March 15, 2012, we started transferring the accumulated
water from the basement floor 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]).
-At 10:00 am on March 15, 2012, we started the transferring water from the
basement floor of the turbine building of Unit 6 to the temporary tank.
-The Cesium adsorption apparatus was stopped to implement a work for
improving reliability of the water treatment system. At 1:08 pm on March
15, 2012, we made a trial run of the added oil separator treated water
transfer pump of the Cesium adsorption apparatus. At 2:40 pm on the same
day, we confirmed that the flow rate had steadied (19.8m3/h), the water
treatment operation was stable, and that there were no operational
problems.