Status of Fukushima #1 power station as of 10:55, March 18, 2011

"The Chief Cabinet Secretary reported at press briefing in this morning

Summary of the status of Fukushima #1 power station reported at 10:55 by the chief cabinet secretary is as follows.

Operation for filling the spent fuel pool with water at Unit-3 was conducted yesterday. It seems that water reached the pool. However, how much is unknown. Same operation will be conducted today.

Operation for filling the spent fuel pool with water from the ground will be conducted at unit-1 also, if it doesn’t affect the operation for unit-3.

Operation for installing cables and distribution system to the power plant to provide AC power from the grid is going on.

Radiation monitors located around the station is detecting radiation. Although radiation is relatively high in some area, it doesn’t reach the harmful level to human in general. Even in the hot spots, radiation doesn’t reach the level at which radiation has an immediate affect on human body.

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