Impact of Japan Earthquake on Nuclear Power Plants: Fukushima Daiichi

TEPCO Press Release (Mar 12,2011)
Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as of 1PM March 12th (11:00:00 p.m. Friday March 11 Eastern Time) 
 
All 6 units of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have been shut down.

Unit 1(Shut down)
– Reactor has been shut down and steam in reactor has been cooled by
  isolation condenser, but it is now stopped. Because pressure level in
  reactor containment vessel is increasing, following the national
  government instruction, we are implementing a measure to reduce the
  pressure of the reactor containment vessels in order to fully secure
  safety.
  Reactor water level is decreasing, we will continue injecting water step
  by step. 

Unit 2(Shut down)
– Reactor has been shut down and we continue injecting water by Reactor
  Core Isolation Cooling System. Current reactor water level is lower than
  normal level, but the water level is steady. Following the national
  government instruction, we are preparing to implement a measure to reduce
  the pressure of the reactor containment vessels in order to fully secure
  safety.  

We are implementing a measure to reduce the pressure of the reactor
containment vessels,

We measured radioactive materials inside of the nuclear power station area
(outdoor) by monitoring car and confirmed that radioactive materials level
is higher than ordinary level. Also, the level at monitoring post is higher
than ordinary level.

We will continue to monitor in detail the possibility of radioactive
material being discharged from exhaust stack or discharge canal.

The national government has instructed evacuation for those local residents
within 10km radius of the periphery because it’s possible that radioactive
materials are discharged.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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