Current Status of Roadmap towards Restoration from the Accident November 17, 2011

Appendix 3

at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO (Revised edition) Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters
Government-TEPCO Integrated Response Office

Red colored letter: changed from the previous version, : already reported to the government, Green colored shading: achieved target

Step 2 (through the end of this year) Mid-term issues

Issues As of Apr. 17 Step 1 (around 3 months) current status
(around 3 years)
as of Nov. 17

Cold shutdown condition

Fresh water Injection Cooling by minimum injection rate Circulating
Circulating Circulating

Stable cooling
(injection cooling)
(

water
water water cooling
1 cooling
Maintain and Continue cold
Consideration and preparation of cooling (continued) shutdown condition
) Reactor

(start)
reuse of accumulated water (start)
I. Cooling

Nitrogen gas injection Nitrogen gas injection (continued) Nitrogen gas injection

Improvement of Protection against corrosion

cracking of structural materials*
work environment *partially ahead of schedule
Fresh water

More stable
Reliability improvement in injection operation Remote-controlled
( ) Spent
Fuel Pool

2
injection

cooling
Stable

cooling
/ remote-control operation *ahead of schedule injection operation
Start of removal work of fuels
Circulation cooling system Consideration / installation
(installation of heat exchanger) of heat exchanging function
*partially ahead of schedule

Expansion / consideration of Installation of

Reduction of total amount

Installation of storage / processing facilities
(

3 Transferring water full-fledged processing facilities full-fledged water processing facilities

of accumulated water
) Accumulated Water

with high radiation Decontamination / desalination

storage place
Continuous processing of
level processing (reuse), etc accumulated water

Secure
Storage / management of Storage / management of
sludge waste etc. sludge waste etc.
Installation of storage facilities / Research on processing of
Storing water with low decontamination processing sludge waste etc.
radiation level Mitigation of contamination Mitigation of contamination
II. Mitigation

in the ocean in the ocean

Mitigate ocean

Mitigate ocean
(

Contamination
contamination
4 Mitigation of contamination (Restoration of sub-drainage pumps with Mitigation of contamination in

(continued)
in groundwater expansion of storage / processing facilities) groundwater
) Ground
water

Consideration of method of Design / implementation

impermeable wall against of impermeable wall Establishment of impermeable wall
groundwater against groundwater against groundwater

Dispersion of inhibitor Dispersion of inhibitor (continued) Dispersion of inhibitor

(

Mitigate scattering

Mitigate scattering
5
Removal / management of debris Removal / management of debris (continued) Removal / management of debris
) Atmosphere / Soil

(continued)
Installation of reactor building
cover (Unit 1)
Removal of debris Removal of debris / installation of
(top of Unit 3&4 R/B) reactor building cover (Unit 3&4)
Consideration of reactor Start of installation work of
building container reactor building container
Installation of PCV gas Installation of PCV gas
control system control system
 Current Status of Roadmap towards Restoration from the Accident
November 17, 2011
Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters
at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO (Revised edition) Government-TEPCO Integrated Response Office

Red colored letter: changed from the previous version, : already reported to the government, Green colored shading: achieved target

Step 2 (through the end of this year) Mid-term issues

Issues As of Apr. 17 Step 1 (around 3 months) current status
(around 3 years)
as of Nov. 17

Decontamination
( ) Measurement,
Decontamination

6
III. Monitoring/

Reduction and

Continuous environmental
Expansion, enhancement and disclosure of radiation dose monitoring in and out of the power station
Disclosure

monitoring

Consideration/start of
full-fledged decontamination
Continuous decontamination
against aftershocks, etc

Mitigate disasters
IV. Countermeasures

7
) Tsunami,

Enhancement of countermeasures against aftershocks and tsunami, Continue various countermeasures

Reinforcement, etc

preparation for various countermeasures for radiation shielding for radiation shielding

Consideration of
(Unit 4 spent fuel pool)
reinforcement work of Reinforcement work of each Unit
Installation of supporting structure each Unit

Enhancement of Enhancement of
Living/working

Improvement
environment
environment

( )

8 Improvement of workers living /

Improvement of workers living / working environment working environment
V. Environment improvement

( ) Radiation

9
Medical care

Healthcare
control /

Improvement of radiation control /

Improvement of radiation control / medical system medical system
personnel allocation
( ) Staff Training /

radiation dose
10

Exhaustive
Systematic implementation Systematic implementation

control
of staff training / personnel of staff training / personnel
allocation allocation

Concept of mid-term
security
Establishing plant operation Response based on the plant
Action plan for plan based on mid-term security operation plan
mid-and-long-
term issues Formulating a mid-and-
long-term roadmap

Overview of Major Countermeasures in the Power Station as of November 17
Underlined: deleted countermeasures, red colored: newly added countermeasures, : already reported to the government
Reactor building cover (5, 50, 54, 55, 84) Sampling of steam/pool water and measurement
P
of radioactive materials (19) piping
pumps heat exchangers,
Full-fledged container (50, 56) Circulation cooling of spent fuel pool water processing
(23, 24, 25, 27) facilities
Cooling of spent fuel pool by
external water injection (18, 22, 28) Water processing facility
Storage/process of low
radiation-level water
P De- Oil (33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 44, 46)
Desalination Adsorption
contamination separation
Lower the amount of steam generated (4)
Maintain and enhance countermeasures in Step 1 if needed (17) Tank

Cooling at minimum water injection rate

Reactor (7, 12, 14)
Nitrogen gas injection (2, 11, 15)
Building Reuse of processed water 45
(Implement circulating water cooling) Storage: tanks, megafloats
PCV gas control (86) Process: decontamination by zeolite
Processing high radiation-level water (31, 38, 43
PCV venting (with filtration) (10) Primary Containment
Vessel (PCV) Storage / management Storage of high radiation-level water
of sludge waste etc. (81) (30, 32, 37, 39, 42)
Flooding up to top of active fuel
(3, 9) Reactor Consideration of full-fledged water
Pressure processing facilities (82)
Vessel
Turbine Building
(RPV) P
Heat Exchanger Steam Turbine Additionally-installed
Tank
Centralized Waste
Installation of heat exchangers Processing Building
(13)

P P
Injection of fresh water with pumps (1) Condenser

Suppression
Dispersion of inhibitor (47, 48, 52)
Chamber Removal / management of debris (49, 53, 87)
Processing of sub-drainage water Consideration of countermeasures for Preventive measures
after being pumped up (36) Sealing the leakage location (6, 16) contaminated soil (51) against leakage of
high radiation-level water (29)
Seismic assessment (20) ,Continued monitoring (21), Prevent contamination
Prevent contamination of groundwater (66, 67); (Unit 4) Installation of supporting structure under the in the ocean (64)
Consideration of impermeable wall against groundwater(68, 83) bottom of spent fuel pool (26) Isolation of high-level
radioactive water (65)
Improvement of living/working environment of workers(74, 75);
Improvement of site environment(76) Install various interconnecting lines of offsite power(8);
Enhance countermeasures against tsunami (69, 70); Continue/Enhance monitoring (55-62),
Enhancement of radiation control and medical system (77, 78, 79, 80); Consideration of reinforcement work of each Unit (71) ; Consideration / start of full-fledged
Systematic implementation of staff training / personnel allocation (85) Various countermeasures of radiation shielding (72, 73) decontamination (63)
 Current Status of Countermeasures (1) Red frame: progressed countermeasures from the
previous version, : already reported to the government

<Step 2 (through the end of this year)>: Release of radioactive materials is under control and radiation doses are being significantly held down
Issues Unit
Start of Step 2 Jul. 17 Current status (as of Nov. 17)
Term to keep the amount of accumulated Term to complete measures to improve reliability Term to inject enough water for cold shutdown condition
water and to improve reliability and reduce the amount of accumulated water without increasing the amount of accumulated water

Implementation of circulating water cooling [Countermeasures 12,14,45]

1 Construction of centralized monitoring system in the main anti-earthquake building (Sep. 30)

Injection of water required to achieve stable cooling Injection toward cold shutdown condition
without increasing the amount of accumulated water

Nitrogen gas injection [Countermeasure 11]

Implementation of circulating water cooling [Countermeasures 12,14,45]

Target [
Establishment of centralized monitoring system in the main anti-earthquake building (Sep. 30)
Injection of water required to achieve stable cooling (Inject
2 water through core spray line in addition to feed water line (Sep. 14) )
Change injection flow rate Injection toward cold shutdown condition
experimentally, and verify transition of reactor temperatures
without increasing the amount of accumulated water 3

] Cold shutdown condition

Nitrogen gas injection [Countermeasure 11]
(

1
I. Cooling
) Reactor

Implementation of circulating water cooling [Countermeasures 12,14,45]

Establishment of centralized monitoring system in the main anti-earthquake building (Sep. 30)

3 Injection of water required to achieve stable cooling (Inject water

through core spray line in addition to feed water line (Sep. 1) ) Change injection flow rate Injection toward cold shutdown condition
experimentally, and verify transition of reactor temperatures without increasing the amount of accumulated water

Nitrogen gas injection [Countermeasure 11]

RPV bottom temperatures (upper) and water injection flow rate (lower) Temperatures inside PCV
200200 PCV
200
Temperature at the
bottom of RPV ()

150150
RPV
Unit 2
22
100100 150
1
Unit 1
1
50 50 3 3
Unit 3 Unit
22
0 100
0 1
Unit 1
15 15
flow rate (m3/h)
Water injection

Unit
3 3 2 3
10 10 3 Unit2
2 50 Unit 3

5 5 1
0 0 Unit1
1
0
7/17
7/17 8/17
8/17 9/17
9/17 10/18
10/18 11/18
11/18 7/17 8/17 9/17 10/18 11/18

Legend : Implemented (monitored by government as necessary) : Safety check by government (reported) : Under construction : Field work started : Field work not started yet
 Current Status of Countermeasures (2) Red frame: progressed countermeasures from the
previous version, : already reported to the government

<Step 2 (through the end of this year)>: Release of radioactive materials is under control and radiation doses are being significantly held down
Issues Unit
Start of Step 2 Jul. 17 Current status (as of Nov. 17)

Water injection through

normal cooling system
[Countermeasure 24]
Cooling by installation of
heat exchanger
1 [Countermeasures 25,27]
-Circulating water cooling
operation (from Aug. 10)

Cooling by installation of

Target [
heat exchanger
[Countermeasures 25,27]
2
(

-Circulating water cooling Desalination of Spent Fuel

2 operation (from May 31) Pool water
) Spent Fuel Pool

5
I. Cooling

] More stable cooling

Cooling by installation of
heat exchanger
[Countermeasures 25,27]
3 -Circulating water cooling Desalination of Spent Fuel
operation (from Jun. 30) Pool water

Restoration of
injection through
normal cooling system
[Countermeasure 24]
-Water injection by
installation of alternative
system to Giraffe
( Jun. 17 )
4 Cooling by installation of
heat exchanger
[Countermeasures 25,27]
-Circulating water cooling
operation (from Jul. 31)
Desalination of Spent Fuel Pool water (from Aug. 20)

Legend : Implemented (monitored by government as necessary) : Safety check by government (reported) : Under construction : Field work started : Field work not started yet
 Current Status of Countermeasures (3) Red frame: progressed countermeasures from the
previous version, : already reported to the government

<Step 2 (through the end of this year)>: Release of radioactive materials is under control and radiation doses are being significantly held down
Issues
Start of Step 2 Jul. 17 Current status (as of Nov. 17)
[ High level ]
Term to keep the amount of accumulated Term to complete measures to improve reliability Term to inject enough water for cold shutdown condition
water and to improve reliability and reduce the amount of accumulated water without increasing the amount of accumulated water

Elimination, continuous processing and system enhancement of accumulated water in the building Elimination, continuous processing and
[Countermeasure 43]
system enhancement of accumulated

Target [
Construction of Cesium adsorption water in the building [Countermeasure 43]
facilities (SARRY) Test
Processing start (Aug. 18)
operation
Construction of desalination facilities
(distillation) (term) Test
Processing start (Aug. 7, 31)
operation 8

] Decrease the total amount of accumulated water

Preparation for desalination facilities (distillation) (term) Installation (term) Test operation
(term) (Oct. 9) Capable of processing (term) (Oct. 10)
Installation work of desalination facilities (reverse osmosis membrane type) (term ) : Processing start (Jun. 17)
(

Installation work of
3 desalination facilities
(reverse osmosis) (term) Capable of processing (Jul. 20)
) Accumulated Water

Consideration of full-fledged water processing facilities [Countermeasure 82]

II. Mitigation

Storage / management of sludge Waste etc. [Countermeasure 81] Continue storage /

-Storage and management at existing tanks management of sludge waste
etc. [Countermeasure 81]
Design of additional storage facility Preparation Installation

Secure sufficient storage place [Countermeasures 42] Expand sufficient

[Receiver tanks for high radiation level water] storage place
Installation of 2,800t (Sep. 17)
[Countermeasure 42]
- continuous expansion
of tanks
[Receiver tanks for processed water]
33,000t until Jul. 14
22,000 t (Aug. 13 23,000 t (Sep. 16 15,000 t (Oct. 8 13,000 t (Nov. 15 Approx. 20,000t/ month

Mitigation of contamination in the ocean [Countermeasure 64]

Circulating decontamination of the seawater

Installation of steel pipe sheet pile (Sep. 28)

[ Low level ]
Continue decontamination [Countermeasures 44,46]
- Decontamination with decontaminant (zeolite) (May 1)

Legend : Implemented (monitored by government as necessary) : Safety check by government (reported) : Under construction : Field work started : Field work not started yet
 Current Status of Countermeasures (4) Red colored letter: newly added countermeasures, Red frame: progressed
countermeasures from the previous version, : already reported to the government

<Step 2 (through the end of this year)>: Release of radioactive materials is under control and radiation doses is being significantly held down
Issues
Start of Step 2 Jul. 17 Current status (as of Nov. 17)

Mitigation of ocean
(
4

contamination
Implementation of preventions against expansion of groundwater contamination [Countermeasure 67]
) Groundwater

Target [ ]
- Restoration of sub-drainage pumps with expansion of storage / processing facilities

Design of impermeable wall against groundwater Start establishment of impermeable wall

against groundwater [Countermeasure 83] 14
[Countermeasure 68] (Oct. 28)
II. Mitigation

Confirmation of solidification of inhibitor [Countermeasure 52]

Target [ ] Prevent scattering

Removal / management of debris [Countermeasure 53, 87]
(

of radioactive materials
5 -Collected debris (Volume of approx. 900 containers (as of Nov. 17)) Spraying treated water, which meets the guideline in the bathing area,
-Management of collected debris etc. in storage areas in the NPS to prevent radioactive dust from scattering (Oct. 7)
) Atmosphere / Soil

Installation of reactor building cover (Unit 1) [Countermeasures 54,55] - Completed (Oct. 28)
10

Removal of debris at the upper parts of reactor buildings (Unit 3&4) [Countermeasures 84]
- Started debris removal at the upper parts of reactor buildings (Unit3: Sep. 10, Unit4: Sep. 21)
Preparation for Unit 3 Removal of debris on the ground, maintenance of road for crane etc, Debris removal at the upper part of reactor building
Preparation for Unit 4 Removal of debris on the ground, maintenance of road for crane etc,
Debris removal at the upper part of reactor building

Consideration of reactor building container [Countermeasure 50]

Unit 1: Started construction (Oct. 10), Unit 2: Completed (Oct. 28),
Installation of PCV gas control system [Countermeasure 86] Unit 3: Started construction (Sep. 30)
III. Monitoring / Decontamination

6 Continue to assess current release of radioactive materials from PCVs [Countermeasures 60,61]

Target [
) Measurement, Reduction and

The current release rates (Cesium) from PCVs of Units 1 to 3 were assessed based on the airborne radioactivity concentration
(dust concentration) at the upper parts of the reactor buildings, etc.
- The current total release rate from Units 1-3 based on the assessment this time is estimated at approx. 0.06 billion Bq/h at the maximum, 12

radiation dose
Disclosure

] Sufficiently reduce
which is 1/13,000,000 of that at the time of the accident.
- The radiation exposure per year at the site boundaries is assessed at approx. 0.1 mSv / year at the maximum based on the
aforementioned release rate (The target is 1 mSv / year. Excluding the effect of the radioactive materials already released up until now).

Implementation of monitoring in cooperation with the government, prefectures, municipalities and TEPCO [Countermeasures 62]

Consideration / start of full-fledged decontamination [Countermeasures 63]

- Detailed monitoring has begun at the area where the government shall implement decontamination based on the Act on Special Measures concerning the Handling of
Environment Pollution by Radioactive Materials (Nov. 7). Decontamination model project at the Restricted Area or the Deliberate Evacuation Area, etc. has begun (Nov. 8)
- Basic policy based on the Act on Special Measures concerning the Handling of Environment Pollution by Radioactive Materials was decided in cabinet(Nov. 11).

Legend : Implemented (monitored by government as necessary) : Safety check by government (reported) : Under construction : Field work started : Field work not started yet
 Current Status of Countermeasures (5) Red colored letter: newly added countermeasures, Red frame: progressed
countermeasures from the previous version, : already reported to the government

<Step 2 (through the end of this year) Release of radioactive materials is under control and radiation doses are being significantly held down
Issues
Start of Step 2 Jul. 17 Current status (as of Nov. 17)
against aftershocks, etc

Target [ ] Mitigation of
IV. Countermeasures
reinforcement, etc

(Unit 4) Installation of
supporting structure under
( ) Tsunami,

7 the bottom of the fuel pool

disasters
[Countermeasure 26] Consideration of reinforcement work of each Unit [Countermeasure 71] 16
(Jul. 30) - Evaluation of seismic resistance has been completed (Aug.26)

Continue various countermeasures for radiation shielding [Countermeasure 73]

Environment
( ) Living / working

Enhancement of
8

improvement
environment
Target [ ]
Continuation and enhancement of improvement of workers living / working environment [Countermeasure 75]
- Accommodations for approx. 1,600 people have been prepared. Approx. 1,200 people have already moved in (as of Nov. 1)
-20 on-site rest stations have been established (approx. 4,750m2 in size with a capacity to accommodate approx. 1,600 people) (as of Nov. 1)
18
(
V. Environment improvement

9
) Radiation control /Medical care personnel allocation

Continuous improvement of radiation control [Countermeasure 78]

Target [ ] Enhancement
- Reinforcement of radiation control by NISA
- Expansion of whole-body counters, implementation of monthly internal exposure measurement

of healthcare
- Automated recording of personal radiation dose, written notification of exposure dose , introduction of workers certificates with photos
- Consideration of long-term healthcare such as enhancement of safety training for workers and establishing database etc. 20

Continuous reinforcement of medical system [Countermeasure 80]

- Install new emergency medical facility, establish organization with resident specialists (on call 24 hours a day), speedy transportation of patients
- Intensive preventive measures against heat stroke (trainings for new workers), countermeasures for mental health, conducting medical examination, prevention and
mitigation of flu
- Establish industrial hygiene system such as preventive healthcare

radiation dose
(

10

Exhaustive
Target [
) Staff Training /

control
Systematic staff training and personnel allocation [Countermeasure 85]
- Promote human resources training in conjunction with the government and TEPCO
21

]
Legend : Implemented (monitored by government as necessary) : Safety check by government (reported) : Under construction : Field work started : Field work not started yet