Press Releases 2013

Around 12:48 PM on July 2, 2013, a corporate company worker found temporarily placed waste catching fire near the common incineration facility at Fukushima Daiichi NPS.
A first-aid fire extinguishing activity was performed by the worker and we reported the fire to the fire department at 12:54 PM.
A fire extinguishing activity by self defense fire-brigade was started at 1:23 PM, and fire extinguishment was confirmed by the fire department at 1:37 PM. As a result of site investigation, temporarily placed cardboard was on fire. The fire was spread to be approx. 4m x approx. 2m, and the height was approx. 1m.

No abnormality on the plant data (reactor injection water amount, spent fuel pool water temperature, etc.) and no significant change in the monitoring post data have been found. There has been no injury reported due to the incident.