Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 is the first reactor unit at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and one of the units that suffered a major meltdown in the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 canonical 2

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instanceOf boiling water reactor
nuclear reactor unit
commercialOperationStartDate 1971-03-26
constructionCompany Kajima
linked to: Kajima Corporation
constructionStartDate 1967-07-25
containmentType Mark I containment
coolant light water
coolingLossCause tsunami-induced station blackout
coreDamageLevel major core melt
country Japan
decommissioningStatus under decommissioning
designBasisTsunamiHeight_m approximately 5.7
designedBy General Electric
electricalCapacity_MWe 460
emergencyPowerSystem diesel generators flooded and failed
event 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
experienced core meltdown
hydrogen explosion
loss of off-site power
station blackout
firstCriticalityDate 1970-11-17
fuelRemovalFromSFPCompletionDate 2021-02
fuelRemovalStatus fuel removed from spent fuel pool
fuelType low-enriched uranium
gridConnectionDate 1970-11-17
gridConnectionStatus disconnected from grid
hydrogenExplosionDate 2011-03-12
hydrogenExplosionEffect severe damage to reactor building superstructure
IAESeventClassification part of INES Level 7 accident at Fukushima Daiichi
locatedIn Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture
moderator light water
netElectricalCapacity_MWe 460
notableConsequence large-scale radioactive release to environment
operator TEPCO
Tokyo Electric Power Company
partOf Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
plannedDecommissioningDuration_years 30–40
primaryContainmentIntegrity compromised during accident
reactorSupplier General Electric
reactorType BWR-3
regulator Nuclear Regulation Authority (post-2012)
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan (historical)
safetySystemFailure loss of core cooling
safetySystemType emergency core cooling system
shutdownDate 2011-03-11
status permanently shut down
thermalCapacity_MWt 1380
tsunamiHeightAtSite_m approximately 13–15

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 sisterUnit Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1
GE Mark I usedIn Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1