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Press Release (Jan 13,2012)
Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 3:00 pm, January 13)
*The updates 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.
  Current water injection volume is approx. 4.4 m3/h from the reactor feed
  water system and approx. 1.9 m3/h from the core spray system.
- 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. 
- On October 28, 2011, we completed installation of the cover for the
  Reactor Building in order to contain dispersion of radioactive
  substances.
- 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
  water feeding system, we started water injection from piping of core
  spray system to the reactor.
  At 11:20 am on January 13 2012, fluctuation in water injection to the 
  reactor was confirmed. We changed the water injection volume from the 
  reactor feed water system from approx. 2.5 m3/h to 3 m3/h, and water 
  injection volume from the core spray system from approx. 7.2 m3/h to 7 
  m3/h. 
  Current water injection volume is approx. 3 m3/h from the reactor feed
  water system and approx. 7 m3/h from the core spray system.
- 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-scale operation of the PCV gas
  management system started.
- On January 13 2012, we conducted sampling survey of charcoal filter of 
  the primary containment vessel gas management system. 
- At 10:46 am on December 1, 2011, we started the nitrogen injection to
  the Reactor Pressure Vessel.
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.
  At 11:13 am on January 13 2012, switching works of the water injection 
  pump from the reactor feed water system due to preparation for the test 
  operation of the injection pump in the turbine building was completed, 
  and we have gradually changed the water injection volume from the 
  reactor feed water system from approx. 0.5 m3/h to 2 m3/h, and water 
  injection volume from the core spray system from approx. 8.3 m3/h to 7 
  m3/h. 
  Current water injection volume is approx 2 m3/h from the reactor feed
  water system and approx. 7 m3/h from the core spray system.
- 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 9:35 am on January 12, we stopped the Unit 3 spent fuel pool
  alternative cooling system in order to install radioactive materials
  removal equipment in the Unit 3 spent fuel pool. After we completed the
  installation of the instruments, at 4:46 pm on the same day we restarted
  the cooling of the pool (temperature of the spent fuel pool: 12.7°C at
  the time we stopped cooling, 13.1°C after we restarted cooling).
- 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. 
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 (from 1:30 pm to 3:14 pm on January 12,
  2012, we injected hydrazine [corrosion inhibitor] in conjunction with
  the cyclic cooling).
- 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. 
- At this moment, we don't think there is any reactor coolant leakage 
  inside the primary containment vessel. 
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. 
- At this moment, we do not think there is any reactor coolant leakage 
  inside PCV. 
Others 
- At around 10 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 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.
- Because of the finding of accumulated water containing radioactive
  materials at the trench between the Process Main Building and the
  Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume Reduction Treatment Building[High
  Temperature Incinerator Building](December 18, 2011), we started the
  inspection of other trenches at the site on January 11.
- From 8:51 am to 1:06 pm of January 13 2012, we conducted dust sampling  
  around the open hatch (blow out panel) of the reactor building of Unit 2. 
- At 2:46 pm on January 13, we started transferring accumulated water from 
  the ground floor of the turbine building of Unit 2 to the Centralized 
  Radiation Waste Treatment Facility (Miscellaneous Solid Waste Volume 
  Reduction Treatment Building [High Temperature Incinerator Building] and 
  the Process Main Building). 
- At 2:54 pm on January 13, we started transferring accumulated water from 
  the ground 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] and 
  the Process Main Building).  
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