Press Releases 2013

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 nuclear power stations (Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini).

* The updates are underlined.

[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station]
·Unit 1 to 4: Abolishment (April 19, 2012)
·Unit 5 to 6: Outage due to regular inspections before the earthquake

-At 9:39 AM on February 6, Unit 3 spent fuel pool alternative cooling system primary system was suspended in order to remove the steel truss debris remaining in the upper part of the spent fuel pool (the spent fuel pool water temperature when cooling was suspended: 10.5℃). At 4:01 PM on the same day, cooling for the spent fuel pool was restarted after the removal work was completed (the spent fuel pool water temperature when cooling was restarted: 10.6℃).

-At 2:12 PM on February 7, the air fin cooler of the common pool cooling purification system (A) secondary system was suspended in order to stop the main line of the common D/C (A) M/C (the common pool water temperature at the time of suspension: 18.3℃). At 3:18 PM on the same day, the common pool cooling purification system was restarted after the work was completed, and no problem was found with its operation. Though the common pool water temperature increased from 18.3℃ to 18.4℃, there is no problem with the pool water temperature control considering the sufficient margin to the maximum allowed temperature (65℃).

[Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station]
·Unit 1 to 4: Shutdown due to the earthquake.

* Revised past progress

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