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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ