Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 is one of the reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that suffered severe damage and a spent fuel pool crisis following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boiling water reactor ⓘ
nuclear reactor unit ⓘ
buildingDamage severe damage to reactor building superstructure ⓘ
commercialOperationStartDate 1980 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1974 ⓘ
containmentType Mark I containment ⓘ
coolant light water ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
damageType hydrogen explosion ⓘ
dateOfMajorAccident 2011-03-11 ⓘ
decommissioningStatus under decommissioning ⓘ
electricalCapacity_MWe 784 ⓘ
emergencyResponse helicopter water drops (attempted) ⓘ
use of concrete pump trucks ⓘ
water spraying into spent fuel pool ⓘ
event 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
firstCriticalityDate 1980 ⓘ
fuelInReactorCoreAtTimeOfAccident removed ⓘ
fuelLocationAtTimeOfAccident spent fuel pool ⓘ
fuelType low-enriched uranium dioxide ⓘ
gridConnectionCountry Japan ⓘ
gridConnectionDate 1980 ⓘ
hydrogenExplosionDate 2011-03-15 ⓘ
hydrogenExplosionSource hydrogen from Unit 3 via shared venting or piping ⓘ
IAEAInvolvement subject of IAEA assessment missions ⓘ
laterRegulator Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan ⓘ
locatedIn Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ
locatedOn east coast of Honshu ⓘ
moderator light water ⓘ
numberOfFuelAssembliesInSpentFuelPoolAtAccident 1535 ⓘ
operator Tokyo Electric Power Company ⓘ
partOf Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
postAccidentStatus permanently shut down ⓘ
reactorManufacturer General Electric ⓘ
reactorStatusBefore2011Accident shutdown for maintenance ⓘ
reactorSupplier General Electric ⓘ
reactorType BWR-4 ⓘ
regulator Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan ⓘ
risk potential spent fuel pool overheating ⓘ
safetyConcern structural integrity of spent fuel pool after explosion ⓘ
shortName Unit 4 ⓘ
spentFuelAssembliesRemoved 1533 ⓘ
spentFuelDestination common spent fuel pool at Fukushima Daiichi ⓘ
spentFuelPoolIssue loss of cooling and concern about water level ⓘ
spentFuelRemovalCompletionDate 2014-12-20 ⓘ
spentFuelRemovalStartDate 2013-11-18 ⓘ
thermalCapacity_MWt 3293 ⓘ
unusedFuelAssembliesRemoved 180 ⓘ

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster → affectedReactor → Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 ⓘ
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 → neighboringUnits → Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 ⓘ
GE Mark I → usedIn → Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 ⓘ
Unit 4 reactor building → partOf → Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 ⓘ
Unit 4 reactor building → contains → reactor of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 ⓘ
linked to: Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4