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Press Release (Sep 07,2011)
Status of TEPCO's Facilities and its services after the Tohoku-Chihou-Taiheiyou-Oki Earthquake (as of 9:00 am, September 7)
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, we have compiled the roadmap towards restoration from the 
accident and then we updated the progress status of roadmap considering the 
current situation, on July 19. Accomplishment of the Step1 target 
"Radiation dose is in steady decline" has been confirmed. On August 17, we 
updated the further progress. 
By bringing the reactors and spent fuel pools to a stable cooling condition 
and mitigating the release of radioactive materials, we will make every 
effort to enable evacuees to return to their homes and for all citizens to 
be able to secure a sound life.

Below is the status of TEPCO's major facilities.

*Updates are underlined.

[Nuclear Power Station]
-Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station:
  Units 1 to 3: shutdown due to the earthquake
  (Units 4 to 6: outage due to regular inspections) 

*At 5:51 am on September 6, the decontamination instruments of Waste 
 Treatment Facility stopped with an alarm indicating a mixer trouble of 
 High Speed Coagulation Settling Facility. We reset and restarted the 
 instruments. However, the same alarm and serious fault alarm went off at 
 6:21 am, and the decontamination instruments and Cesium adsorption 
 Instruments stopped. As it was confirmed that the current value of 
 overload trip of decontamination instruments was nearly the same level of 
 that for normal operation, we adjusted the value and at 3:13 pm on the 
 same day we restarted the water treatment facility, and at 4:35 pm it 
 reached normal volume of flow.

*At 4:27 pm on September 6, as it was confirmed that there was a decrease 
 in the amount of water injection for the reactor of Units 2, we adjusted 
 the rate of water injection to approx. 3.8 m3/h.

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

-Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Station:
  Units 5, 6: under normal operation
  (Units 1 to 4 and 7: outage due to regular inspections)

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

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

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

[Perspective of Power Supply and Demand Balance in this Summer]  
-In September, we forecast the maximum supply will be 55.6 GW, and the 
 assumed peak demand 46.06 GW.

We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and appreciate for your 
cooperation to save electricity.
Appendix: Past Progress (As of 9:00 am, September 7, 2011) (PDF 60.0KB)
Appendix: Past Progress (From March 11, 2011 to July 31, 2011) (PDF 225KB)

* Revised past progress

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