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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear acciDeNt
An Update Log
The latest IAEA inormation on the radiological situation in Japan,updated as inormation becomes available and veried.
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18 April 2011
15 April 2011
14 April 2011
13 April 2011
12 April 2011
11 April 2011
10 April 2011
09 April 2011
08 April 2011
07 April 2011
06 April 2011
05 April 2011
04 April 2011
03 April 2011
02 April 2011
01 April 2011
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30 March 2011
29 March 2011
28 March 2011
27 March 2011
26 March 2011
25 March 2011
24 March 2011
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22 March 2011
21 March 2011
20 March 2011
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18 March 2011
17 March 2011
16 March 2011
15 March 2011
14 March 2011
13 March 2011
12 March 2011
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IAEA Briefng on Fukushima Nuclear Accident (18 April 2011, 15:35 UTC)
Presentation:
Summary o Reactor StatusOn Monday, 18 April 2011, the IAEA provided the ollowing inormation on the current status o nuclear saety inJapan:
1. Current Situation
Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious but there are early signs o recovery in some unctions, such as electrical power and instrumentation.On 17 April, the Ministry o Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that TEPCO had issued a “Roadmaptowards Restoration rom the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station”. The roadmap outlines63 measures to be taken in two steps over a period o six to nine months. TEPCO declared they will “make everyeort to enable evacuees to return to their homes and or all citizens to be able to secure a sound lie”.
Changes to Fukushima Daiichi Plant Status
The IAEA receives inormation updates rom a variety o ocial Japanese sources, through the national competentauthorities: the Nuclear and Industrial Saety Agency (NISA) and the Ministry o Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology (MEXT).Based on the inormation received by 18 April 2011 02:00 UTC the ollowing update related to the reactor units atthe Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), and related environmental conditions, is provided.As a countermeasure against a possible tsunami, the distribution boards or the pumps injecting water to thereactor pressure vessels o
Units 1, 2
and
3
were transerred to higher ground on 15 April. In order to minimize theliberation o radioactive material into the ocean, two sandbags lled with Zeolite were placed between the InletScreen Pump Room o
Unit 1
and
Unit 2
. Further, ve sandbags lled with Zeolite were placed between the InletScreen Pump Room o
Unit 2
and
Unit 3
on 17 April. The Zeolite material is designed to capture specic radioactiveelements. It is intended to sample and analyze the Zeolite material periodically to determine the eectiveness o this procedure. The removal o debris (amount equivalent to 8 containers) using remote-control heavy machinery continued on16 April.Nitrogen gas is being injected into the
Unit 1
containment vessel to reduce the possibility o hydrogen combus-tion within the containment vessel. The pressure in this containment vessel has stabilised. The pressure in the RPV isstable.In
Unit 1
, resh water is being continuously injected into the RPV through the eed-water line at an indicated owrate o 6 m
3
/h using a temporary electric pump with o-site power. In
Units 2
and
3
, resh water is being continu-ously injected through the re extinguisher lines at an indicated rate o 7 m
3
/h using temporary electric pumps witho-site power.RPV temperatures remain above cold shutdown conditions in all Units, (typically less than 95°C). In
Unit 1
thetemperature at the eed water nozzle o the RPV is 180°C and at the bottom o the RPV is 117°C. In
Unit 2
, thetemperature at the eed water nozzle o the RPV is 141°C. In
Unit 3
the temperature at the eed water nozzle o theRPV is 91°C and at the bottom o the RPV is 122°C.In accordance with the report o the Nuclear Emergency Response HQs (Prime Minister’s Oce) rom 15 April,thermography temperatures o the Containment Vessel and Spent Fuel Pool in
Unit 1
were 33 °C and 36°C respec-tively. In
Unit 3
the temperatures were 68°C and 59°C at the same positions. Also on the 15 April, thermographytemperature o the
Unit 2
reactor building roo was 31°CAs o 16 April, no white smoke was seen to be coming rom
Unit 1
although white smoke was still observed comingrom
Units 2
and
3
. As o 16 April white smoke was also visible in
Unit 4
.Fresh water injection (around 45 tonnes) to the spent uel pool was carried out via the spent uel pool cooling line o
Unit 2
and completed by 16 April. Due to the occurrence o an earthquake on 16 April, the motor-driven pump wasstopped. The spent uel pool was conrmed to be lled with water.In accordance with NISA Release 94, TEPCO took water samples rom the spent uel pool o
Unit 4
on 12 April, inorder to examine the conditions. The sample was taken by using the arm o the concrete pump vehicle. At the sametime, the temperature o water in the spent uel pool o
Unit 4
was measured with a thermistor attached to the armo the concrete pump vehicle. The activities or I-131, Cs-134 and Cs-137 were 220 Bq/cm
3
, 88 Bq/cm
3
and93 Bq/cm
3
respectively. There has been no change in the status in
Units 5
and
6
. The power supply to the Common Spent Fuel Pool was temporarily interrupted due to a short-circuit on 17 April.
2. Radiation Monitoring
From 15 to 17 April, I-131 was detected in only one preecture on 15 April; with a reported value o 4.1 Bq/m
2
.During this period, deposition o Cs-137 was detected in 8 preectures. The total deposition o Cs-137 in thesepreectures on these 3 days ranged rom 2.3 to 66 Bq/m
2
.Gamma dose rates are measured daily in all 47 preectures. The values tend to decrease over time. For Fukushima,on 18 April a dose rate o 1.9 µSv/h was reported. In the Ibaraki preecture, a gamma dose rate o 0.13 µSv/h wasreported; in all other preectures, reported gamma dose rates were below 0.1 µSv/h.Dose rates are also reported specically or the Eastern part o the Fukushima preecture, or distances beyond30 km rom Fukushima-Daiichi. On 16 April, the values in this area ranged rom 0.1 to 25 µSv/h.In cooperation with local universities, MEXT has set up an additional monitoring programme, or 17 April,measurements o the gamma dose rates were reported or 53 cities in 40 preectures. In 43 cities, the gamma doserates were below 0.1 µSv/h. In 9 cities, gamma dose rates ranged rom 0.12 to 0.17 µSv/h. In Fukushima City, a valueo 0.42 µSv/h was observed.Only in a ew preectures, I-131 or Cs-137 is detectable in drinking water at very low levels. As o 16 April, onerestriction or inants related to I-131 (100 Bq/l) is in place in a small scale water supply in a village o the Fukushimapreecture.On 15 and 16 April, the IAEA Team made measurements at 44 dierent locations in the Fukushima area at distancesranging rom 20 to 58 km, West rom the Fukushima nuclear power plant. At these locations, the dose rates rangedrom 0.6 to 37 µSv/h. At the same locations, results o beta-gamma contamination measurements ranged rom0.03 to 2.8 Megabecquerel/m
2
. The highest values were observed at distances o less than 30 km rom the powerplant.
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Updates o 18 April 2011
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On 17 April, the IAEA Team made measurements at 17 dierent locations in the Fukushima area at distances rangingrom 20 to 62 km, North and Northwest rom the Fukushima nuclear power plant. At these locations, the dose ratesranged rom 0.4 to 3.3 µSv/h. At the same locations, results o beta-gamma contamination measurements rangedrom 0.03 to 0.27 Megabecquerel/m
2
.Analytical results related to ood contamination were reported by the Japanese Ministry o Health, Labour andWelare on 15 April (34 samples), 16 April (65 samples) and 17 April (51 samples). These reported analytical resultscovered a total o 150 samples taken rom 13 to 16 April. Analytical results or 146 o the 150 samples or variousvegetables, spinach and other leay vegetables, shitake mushrooms, ruit (strawberry), seaood and unprocessedraw milk in nine preectures (Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Niigata, Saitama and Yamagata),indicated that I-131, Cs-134 and/or Cs-137 were either not detected or were below the regulation values set by theJapanese authorities. In Fukushima preecture, three samples o shitake mushrooms taken on 14 April were abovethe regulation value set by the Japanese authorities or Cs-134 and Cs-137. One sample o shitake mushrooms takenon 14 April was above the regulation values set by the Japanese authorities or I-131 and/or Cs-134 and Cs-137.On the 16 April, the restriction on the distribution o raw unprocessed milk produced in Fukushima was lited in25 areas (Fukushima city, Nihonmatsu city, Date city, Motomiya city, Kunimi town, Otama village, Furudono city,Koriyama city, Sukagawa city, Tamura city (excluding ormer Toji village area), Miharu town, Ono town, Kagamiishitown, Ishikawa town, Asakawa town, Hirata village, Shirakawa city, Yabuki town, Izumisaki village, Nakajima village,Saigo village, Samekawa village, Hanawa town, Yamatsuri town, Iwaki city).On the 17 April, the restriction on the distribution o Kakina and parsley produced throughout Ibaraki preecturewas lited. The restriction on the distribution o spinach rom Ibaraki preecture was also lited with the exception o spinach produced in the cities o Kitaibaraki and Takahagi.
3. Marine Monitoring
TEPCO Monitoring Programme TEPCO is conducting a programme or seawater (surace sampling) at a number o near-shore and o-shoremonitoring locations. Following a directive rom NISA, on 16 April TEPCO announced they will increase the numbero sea sampling points rom 10 to 16. A urther our points will be added at 3 km rom the coast and two points willbe added at 8 km rom the coast.On some days, two samples were collected at the same sampling point, a ew hours apart and analysed separately.Until 3 April a general decreasing trend in radioactivity was observed at the sampling points TEPCO1 to TEPCO4.Ater the discharge o contaminated water on 4 April, a temporary increase in radioactivity has been reported. Againsince 5 April, general downward in the concentration o radionuclides in sea water or all TEPCO sampling points hasbeen observed.On the 18 April no new data or TEPCO sampling points have been reported.
MEXT O-shore Monitoring Programme
Japanese Ministry o Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) initiated the o-shore monitoringprogram on 23 March and subsequently points 9 and 10 were added to the o-shore sampling scheme. On 4 April,MEXT added two sampling points to the north and west o sampling point 1. These are reerred to as points A and B(see Map1: MEXT Seawater sampling Locations). The last results reported on 18 April (sampling date 15 April) showed that Cs-137 and I-131 were detected at MEXT4, 6 and 8. The highest concentrations were recorded at MEXT4 (below 200Bq/l or Cs-137 and about 160 Bq/l orI-131). At MEXT 6 and 8 sampling locations both C-s-137 and I-131 were reported at levels below about 40 Bq/l.
Map 1: MEXT Seawater Sampling Locations
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