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 11:00 AM on March 5, we started transferring the accumulated water from Unit 6 Turbine Building basement to the temporary tank. At 3:00 PM on the same day, the transfer was stopped.

-At around 12:50 PM^* on March 5, a TEPCO employee found a trace of gas oil dripping on the road in the power station site. Upon site investigation, it was confirmed that the gas oil filled in a tank truck under gas oil tank inspection had dripped onto the ground. The gas oil dripping from the tank truck has been stopped. The gas oil dripped onto the ground has dried and the area has been covered by sand. The cause of the incident is to be investigated. The incident was reported to Tomioka Fire Department at 1:23 PM on the same day.

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

*In the daily report previously announced, it said the gas oil dripping from the tank truck was found at "around 1:00 PM", however, it has been corrected to "around 12:50 PM". We apologize for the mistake. (Corrected on March 5, 2013)

* Revised past progress

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