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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant Due to Insufficient Power Supply; Tohoku Electric Will Not Have 12 MAR 0522 Nuclear Emergency Declared an Outage Until the 27Th 2011 Northeast Region/Pacific Coast Earthquake Damage Report 21 MAR 0730 Japan Defense Intelligence Headquarters 䋱䋱䋱 21 MAR 2011 (Mon) 0600 2011Northeast/Pacific Earthquake JDIH Earthquake Overview 䂹䂹䂹 11 MAR 1446, M9.0 Earthquake occurred off the coast of Sanriku Region, Intensity 7 (Japanese scale, Northern Miyagi) 䂹䂹䂹 Aftershocks: off the coast of Iwate and Ibaraki (19 MAR 1856, Earthquake with Intensity 5+ at Northern Ibaraki) 䂹䂹䂹 The GEONET marker in Ojika, Ibaraki has shifted 5.3m ESE and sunk 1.2m (Geospatial Information Authority, Japan) Damage overview (20 MAR 2300䋩䋩䋩䇽䋩 䇽䇽䇽 (㫧㫧㫧compared to 20 MAR 1400䋩䋩䋩 䂹䂹䂹 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 䂹䂹䂹 Deaths: 8,450 (+750) 11 MAR 1922 Nuclear Emergency Declared 䂹䂹䂹 Missing: 12,909 (+1,258) 15 MAR 1100 Residents 20-30km radius ordered to 䂹䂹䂹 Injured: 2,701 (+89 ) stay indoors 䂹䂹䂹 Displaced 䋺䋺䋺 App. 320,900 (-10,700) 17-MAR JSDF/NPA starts reactor water spraying Miyagi (App. 142,400) operations with hose/HELO Fukushima (App. 111,300) 18 MAR INES provisional assessment level 5 Iwate (App. 47,400) etc. 䂹䂹䂹 Isolated 䋺䋺䋺 App. 4,700 (㫧㫧㫧0 ) 19 MAR 1405 Fire Dept hoses reactor 3 until 20 䂹䂹䂹 Rescued 䋺䋺䋺 26,650 (+19) (MOD Rescued: 19,304) MAR 0340 䂹䂹䂹 Structure Damage䋺䋺䋺 127,065 bldgs (+9,791) 20 MAR 0800 temp of reactor 3 rises 20 MAR 0820-0938 JSDF hoses reactor 4 Damage to Lifeline (20 MAR 2000) 20 MAR 1822-1943 JSDF hoses reactor 4 䂹䂹䂹 Electricity: Outage at 243,000 homes (-9,000) (Iwate: 41,000, 20 MAR 2130-0358 Fire Dept hoses reactor 3 Miyagi: 164,000, Fukushima: 38,000) 21 MAR 0637- JSDF hoses reactor 4 Tokyo Electric Power conducting planned outages from 14 MAR 䂹䂹䂹 Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant due to insufficient power supply; Tohoku Electric will not have 12 MAR 0522 Nuclear Emergency Declared an outage until the 27th . 12 MAR 0745 Evacuation order 10km radius 䂹䂹䂹 Water: Outage: 720,000 (-20,000) 䂹䂹䂹 Gas: Outage: 415,000 (+1,000) Damage to Infrastructure (20 MAR 0000) 䂹䂹䂹 Roads: 1,446 damaged areas; 48 damaged bridges; 17 Expressway (Kanetsu, Joushinetsu, Chuo is open for civilian vehicles) and 28 highways blocked 䂹䂹䂹 Rail䋺䋺䋺 Operations of some JR lines in Tohoku region resumed. Restricted Rail transportation in Tohoku due to planned power outages. Reduced lines for the Tokyo railway. 䂹䂹䂹 Air䋺䋺䋺 All airports operational 䂹䂹䂹 Ports䋺䋺䋺 Hachinohe, Miyako, Kuji, Kamaishi, Sendai Shiogama, and Souma ports are partially operational Red font䋺Changes from the last report 䋲䋲䋲 Human Loss 㽲 Totals (Includes Kanto) Deaths 8,450(+750) Missing 12,909(+1,258) Injured 2,701 (+89) Damage to Structures 127,065 (+9,791) Deaths Missing (Numbers in () show difference from 20 MAR 1400) Miyagi Fukushima Iwate Deaths 5,053 (+604) Deaths 691 (+44) Deaths 2,650 (+125) Missing 3,413 (+428) Missing 4,468 (+60) Missing 5,023 (+770) Injured 988 (+80) Injured 220 (㫧㫧㫧0) Injured 143 䋨䋨䋨㫧䋨㫧㫧㫧0䋩䋩䋩 Damage to 4,479 (+1,765) Damage to 10,981(㫧㫧㫧0) Damage to 11,158 (+112) Structures Structures Structures Source: NPA/JGSDF NEA 䋳䋳䋳 Human Loss 㽳 Totals 㶎 Not counting those displaced by the nuclear power Displaced App. 320,900(-10,700) Isolated App. 4,700 䋨䋨䋨㫧䋨㫧㫧㫧0䋩䋩䋩 plant: App. 20,400 Displacedㆱ㔍⠪ Isolatedቅ┙⠪ Miyagi Fukushima Iwate Displaced App 142,400 Displaced App 111,300 Displaced App 47,400 (-12,400) (+1,900) 䋨䋨䋨-2,100䋩䋩䋩 Isolated App 2,800 䋨䋨䋨㫧䋨㫧㫧㫧0䋩䋩䋩 Isolated App 1,900 䋨䋨䋨㫧䋨㫧㫧㫧0䋩䋩䋩 Isolated 0 Source: NPA/JGSDF NEA 䋴䋴䋴 FukushimaFukushima DaiichiDaiichi NuclearNuclear PowerPower PlantPlant Nuclear Power Plants 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹 1111 MARMAR 19221922 NuclearNuclear EmergencyEmergency DeclaredDeclared 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹 1212 MARMAR 18251825 EvacuationEvacuation OrderOrder 20km20km radiusradius Under 䂹䂹䂹 䋳䋰䋰 Higashi Doori NPP 䂹䂹䂹 1515 MAR MAR 11001100 ResidentsResidents 20-30km20-30km radiusradius orderedordered toto staystay Inspection indoorsindoors (by(by PrimePrime MinisterMinister Kan)Kan) 䂹䂹䂹 15 MAR 1410 30km radius no-fly zone declared (MLIT) Rokkasho 䂹䂹䂹 15 MAR 1410 30km radius no-fly zone declared (MLIT) 䋲䋰䋰 䂹䂹䂹 17-18 MAR JSDF/NPA conduct reactor 3 cooling Reprocessing Operational 䂹䂹䂹 17-18 MAR JSDF/NPA conduct reactor 3 cooling missions:Water Cannons/HELOs Plant missions:Water Cannons/HELOs 䋱䋰䋰 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹 1818 MARMAR PowerPower RestorationRestoration EffortEffort ContinuesContinues (reactor(reactor 1,1, 2,2, 5,5, 6)6) 䂹䂹䂹 18 MAR INES provisional assessment of situation released Onagawa NPP Shutdown 䂹䂹䂹 18 MAR INES provisional assessment of situation released 䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺 Reactor No. 1, 2, 3: Evaluation Level 5 (Accident with 䋰䌫䌭 Reactor No. 1, 2, 3: Evaluation Level 5 (Accident with WidespreadWidespread Consequences)Consequences) Evacuation 䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺 Reactor No. 4: Evaluation Level 3 (Serious Incident) Fukushima Daiichi Orders Reactor No. 4: Evaluation Level 3 (Serious Incident) 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹 1919 MARMAR FireFire DeptDept WaterWater CannonCannon vehiclesvehicles hosedhosed reactreactoror 33 Evacuation 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹 1919 MARMAR CoolingCooling systemssystems restoredrestored toto ReactorsReactors 55 andand 66.. Fukushima Daini Orders ReducedReduced waterwater temperaturetemperature inin thethe spentspent fuelfuel pool.pool. 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹 2020 MARMAR 0820-0938:0820-0938: 1111 FDFD truckstrucks fromfrom JSDF,JSDF, etc.etc. willwill hosehose reactorreactor 44 (approximately(approximately 80t)80t) 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹2020 MARMAR 1822-1943:1822-1943: 1111 FireFire TrucksTrucks fromfrom JSDFJSDF andand otheothersrs willwill conductconduct hosinghosing operationsoperations onon reactorreactor 44 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹2020 MARMAR 2130-2130- FD FD willwill conductconduct hosinghosing operationsoperations toto rereactoractor 33 䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹䂹2121 MARMAR 0637-0637- JSDF JSDF willwill conductconduct hosinghosing opsops toto reactorreactor 44 FukushimaFukushima DainiDaini NuclearNuclear PowerPower Plant:Plant: CoolingCooling suspendedsuspended 䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺 1212 MAR MAR 07450745 EvacuationEvacuation OrderOrder 10km10km radiusradius 䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺 RadioactiveRadioactive MaterialsMaterials Released?:Released?: NoNo 䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺䂺 DisplacedDisplaced Persons:Persons: 32,42632,426 䋨䋨䋨䋨䋨䋨10km10km radiusradius䋩䋩䋩䋩䋩䋩 Source: Emergency Disaster Relief Headquarters 䋶䋶䋶 Source: Nuclear Powerplant Disaster Detailed Report of the Fukushima Nuclear Powerplant Response Headquarters Reactor 1 Reactor 2 Reactor 3 Reactor 4 Reactor 5 & 6 Auto Shutdown Shutdown (Inspection) Shutdown (Inspection) INES Level 5 Level 3 11 MAR 1636 Cooling System 11 MAR 1636 Cooling System 13 MAR 0856 Cooling System 14 MAR 0408 Temp rise in 15 MAR 1600 Temp rise in Failure Failure Failure Spent Fuel Pool (Normally Spent Fuel Pool of Reactor 5 12 MAR 0049 Containment 12 MAR 2250 Containment 14 MAR 1101 Hydrogen Explosion 40㷄) and 6 Major Incidents Structure Pressure Rises Pressure Rises 15 MAR 1023 400mSv/h radiation 15 MAR 0938 Fire (extinguished 19 MAR 1830 Temperature 12 MAR 1536 Hydrogen 14 MAR 1325 Loss of Cooling 16 MAR 0837 White Smoke 1225) lowers in the Spent Fuel Pool Explosion Capability Detected 16 MAR 0545 Fire (extinguished of both reactors 5 and 6 15 MAR 0610 Explosive Sound 16 MAR 0647䊶0847 400mSv/h 0726) 20 MAR 1921Reactor 6 core heard radiation temp lowers to a ideal 15 MAR 0642 Suppression Pool 20 MAR 0800Temp rise in temperature (below 100 㷄) Damaged reactor (over 300㷄). 㸢 Pressure increased 䊶Roof of the outer structure 䊶 East side of outer structure 䊶Only the reinforced steel remain 䊶Only the reinforced steel 䊶No visible external damage damaged has a hole. Smoke/steam is on roof remain on roof 䊶Water Level䋺 䊶Water level: can be seen 䊶 Upper Containment Structure 䊶Water temp: 84㷄 (temp gauge Reactor 5䋺37.1㷄 (-3.0) temp: 128 㷄 䊶 㷄 CurrentStatus A: -1,700mm (-50) Water Level: 䊶Water Level䋺 damaged) Reactor 6: 41.0 (-11.0) B: -1,750mm -1,400mm(-100) A䋺-1,650mm (+300) (as of 14 MAR 0408. Water (20 MAR 0700: Compared to 20 (as of 20 MAR 1500: (as of 20 MAR 1500: B䋺-2,000mm (+300) temp gauge stopped MAR 0300) Compared to 20 MAR 0500) Compared to 20 MAR 0500) (as of 20 MAR 1600: functioning since) Compared to 20 MAR 0430) 䊶Reactor Core Damage 䊶Reactor Core Damage 䊶Reactor Core Damage 70%䋨15 MAR 1530䋩 33%䋨15 MAR 1530䋩 30%䋨14 MAR 0635䋩 6 Source: Nuclear Powerplant Disaster Detailed Report of the Fukushima Nuclear Powerplant Response Headquarters Reactor 1 Reactor 2 Reactor 3 Reactor 4 Reactor 5 & 6 12 MAR 0907 Vent Reactor 14 MAR 1654 Pressure 13 MAR 0907 Vent Reactor 19 MAR Power restoration effort 17 MAR Power restoration 12 MAR 2020 Seawater/Boric Reduction techniques 13 MAR 1312 Seawater/Boric Acid continues efforts continue Acid Pumped employed, Seawater Pumped 20 MAR 0820-0943 18 MAR Release Hydrogen from 19 MAR Power estimated to be Pumped 17, 18 MAR JSDF water spraying JSDF/TEPCO Hose Ops ceiling restored 14 MAR 1806 Vented Reactor operations 20 MAR 1822-1943 Hose 19 MAR 0500 Reactor 5 pump 䊶Completed laying the cable 17 MAR, Power Cable 19 MAR 0030 FD Hosing Ops (JSDF/TEPCO) activated from external power line Countermeasures Restoration starts Operations 19 MAR 0742 Generator to the power plant 䊶Completed laying the cable backup transformer. 17 MAR Hosing/Water Spray by activated for reactor 5/6 from external power line Currently connecting FD/JSDF 19 MAR 2214 Reactor 6 pump to the power plant backup power to motor and other transformer. Currently 18 MAR 1400-1438 Hose by JSDF activated equipment. connecting power to 19 MAR 0030 Fire Dept Hosing 䊶Installing a seawater pump motor and other Ops to the reactor 5 spent fuel equipment. 20 MAR 2130-
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