Unit 4 reactor building

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The Unit 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is a heavily damaged structure that became emblematic of the 2011 nuclear disaster following severe hydrogen explosions and subsequent radioactive releases.

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instanceOf nuclear power plant unit building ⓘ
reactor building ⓘ
causeOfDamage hydrogen explosion ⓘ
causeOfHydrogenExplosion hydrogen accumulation in upper part of building ⓘ
commissioningDate 1978 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1974 ⓘ
contains primary containment vessel of Unit 4 ⓘ
reactor of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 ⓘ
secondary containment structure of Unit 4 ⓘ
spent fuel pool of Unit 4 ⓘ
coolingSystem reactor cooling systems disabled by tsunami ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
damageEvent 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ⓘ
hydrogen explosion at Unit 4 ⓘ
dateOfHydrogenExplosion 2011-03-15 ⓘ
decommissioningStatus under decommissioning ⓘ
designedBy General Electric (reactor design) ⓘ
effectOfExplosion destruction of outer walls and roof ⓘ
release of radioactive materials ⓘ
severe structural damage to upper floors ⓘ
imagery widely published photographs showing collapsed upper structure ⓘ
locatedIn Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan ⓘ
longTermPlan eventual dismantling as part of Fukushima Daiichi site decommissioning ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international media coverage after 2011 accident ⓘ
notableFor iconic images of damage during Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ⓘ
risk associated with spent fuel pool ⓘ
numberOfFuelAssembliesRemoved 1533 ⓘ
operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) ⓘ
ownedBy Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) ⓘ
partOf Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant ⓘ
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 ⓘ
reactorType boiling water reactor (BWR) ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority Nuclear Regulation Authority (Japan) ⓘ
riskConcern potential large radioactive release from spent fuel ⓘ
potential loss of cooling in spent fuel pool ⓘ
safetyUpgradesPostAccident structural reinforcement of spent fuel pool support ⓘ
seismicReinforcement installed after 2011 accident ⓘ
shutdownDate 2011-03-11 ⓘ
spentFuelPoolLocation upper part of reactor building ⓘ
spentFuelRemovalEndDate 2014-12-20 ⓘ
spentFuelRemovalStartDate 2013-11-18 ⓘ
spentFuelRemovedTo common spent fuel pool at Fukushima Daiichi ⓘ
status heavily damaged ⓘ
permanently shut down ⓘ
tsunamiImpact loss of off-site and on-site power at Fukushima Daiichi ⓘ
unitNumber 4 ⓘ

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