Status of Fukushima I at 22 August 06:00 JST
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Unit 1
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Unit 2
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Unit 3
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Unit 4
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Unit 5
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Unit 6
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Connected to grid
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1970/11/17
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1973/12/24
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1974/10/26
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1978/02/24
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1977/09/22
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1979/05/04
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Rated Electrical Power output (MWe)
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460
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784
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784
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784
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784
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1,100
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Rated Thermal Power output (MWt)[1]
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1,380
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2,381
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2,381
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2,381
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2,381
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3,293
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Type of reactor
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BWR-3
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BWR-4
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BWR-4
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BWR-4
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BWR-4
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BWR-5
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Containment type
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Mark I
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Mark I
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Mark I
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Mark I
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Mark I
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Mark II
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Core fuel assemblies[2]
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400
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548
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548
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0[3]
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548
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764
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Spent fuel assemblies[3]
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292
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587
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514
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1,331
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946
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876
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Spent fuel residual decay heat[4][5]
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60 kW
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400 kW
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200 kW
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2,000 kW
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700 kW
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600 kW
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Fuel type
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Low-enriched uranium
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Low-enriched uranium
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Mixed-oxide (MOX) and low-enriched uranium
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Low-enriched uranium
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Low-enriched uranium
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Low-enriched uranium
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Status at earthquake
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In service
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In service
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In service
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Outage (scheduled)
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Outage (scheduled)
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Outage (scheduled)
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Fuel integrity
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Fully melted[6]
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Major damage,[7] possibly fully melted[8]
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Major damage,[7] possibly fully melted[8]
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Some spent fuel damaged[9]
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Not damaged
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Not damaged
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Reactor pressure vessel integrity
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Damage and leakage suspected[10]
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Damage and leakage suspected[7]
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Damage and leakage suspected[7]
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Not damaged (defueled)
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Not damaged
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Not damaged
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Containment integrity
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Damage and leakage suspected[10]
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Damaged at torus
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Damage and leakage suspected[11]
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Not damaged
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Not damaged
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Not damaged
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Core cooling system 1 (ECCS/RHR)
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Not functional
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Not functional
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Not functional
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Not necessary (defueled)
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Functional
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Functional
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Core cooling system 2 (RCIC/MUWC)
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Not functional
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Not functional
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Not functional
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Not necessary (defueled)
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Functional (in cold shutdown)
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Functional (in cold shutdown)
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Building integrity
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Severely damaged owing to hydrogen explosion
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Slightly damaged, also panel removed to prevent hydrogen explosion
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Severely damaged owing to hydrogen explosion
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Severely damaged owing to hydrogen explosion
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Panel removed to prevent hydrogen explosion
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Panel removed to prevent hydrogen explosion
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Pressure vessel, water level
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Lower than the bottom of fuel
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Fuel exposed partially or fully
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Fuel exposed partially or fully
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Safe (defueled)
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Safe (in cold shutdown)
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Safe (in cold shutdown)
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Pressure vessel, pressure (Two instrument trains)
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Stable at 0.016 MPa (gauge) (Train A) / (Train B not in service – suspected faulty) at 22 August 06:00 JST[12]
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Stable at 0.013 MPa (gauge) (Train A) / (Train B not in service) at 22 August 06:00 JST[12]
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Stable at −0.176 MPa (gauge) (Train A) / −0.104 MPa (gauge) (Train B) at 22 August 06:00 JST[12]
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Safe (defueled)
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Safe (in cold shutdown)
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Safe (in cold shutdown)
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Pressure vessel, temperature
(not direct measurements)
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Decreased to 93.2 °C on 22 August[12]
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Decreased to 107.0 °C by 22 August[12]
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Decreased to 109.4 °C on 22 August[12]
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Safe (defueled)
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Safe (in cold shutdown)
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Safe (in cold shutdown)
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Containment (Drywell) pressure
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Stable at 0.1268 MPa (absolute) at 22 August 06:00 JST[12]
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Stable at 0.115 MPa (absolute) at 22 August 06:00 JST[12]
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Stable at 0.1015 MPa (absolute) on 22 August 06:00 JST[12]
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Safe
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Safe
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Safe
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Water injection into core
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Seawater injection started 12 March, with freshwater injection started 25 March and continuing[13]
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Seawater injection started 14 March, with freshwater injection started 26 March and continuing[13]
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Seawater injection started 13 March, with freshwater injection started 25 March and continuing[13]
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Not necessary (defueled)
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Not necessary
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Not necessary
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Seawater injection into containment vessel
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Not necessary
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Not necessary
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Not necessary
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Not necessary
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Not necessary
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Not necessary
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Containment venting
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Temporarily stopped
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Temporarily stopped
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Temporarily stopped
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Not necessary
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Not necessary
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Not necessary
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INES (individual)
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Level 5
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Level 5
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Level 5
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Level 3
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–
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–
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INES (combined)
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Level 7[14][15]
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Evacuation radius
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20 km from Nuclear Power Station (NPS), but 30 km should consider leaving as of 25 March 11:30 JST[16]
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General status from all sources regarding reactor cores
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Stabilized by injecting water and boron[17]
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Stabilized by injecting water and boron[17]
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Stabilized by injecting water and boron[17]
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Defueled
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Cold shutdown on 20 March 14:30 JST[17][18]
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Cold shutdown on 20 March 19:27 JST[17][18]
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General status from all sources regarding Spent Fuel Pools (SFP)
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Cooling system restored 10 August, 32.0 °C on 20 August 11:00 JST[19]
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Cooling system restored 31 May, 36.0 °C on 20 August 11:00 JST[19]
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Cooling system restored 1 July, 32.8 °C on 20 August 11:00 JST[19]
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Cooling system restored 31 July, 42.0 °C on 20 August 11:00 JST[19]
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Cooling system restored, 26.4 °C on 22 August 06:00 JST[12]
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Cooling system restored, 28.2 °C on 22 August 06:00 JST[12]
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