Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 is one of the damaged reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that suffered a core meltdown and severe structural failures following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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instanceOf boiling water reactor
nuclear reactor unit
accidentConsequence containment damage
core meltdown
hydrogen generation
radioactive release
severe core damage
accidentSequenceFeature loss of off-site power
loss of ultimate heat sink
station blackout
architectEngineer Ebasco
causeOfAccident 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
surface form: Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
commercialOperationStartDate 1974
constructionStartDate 1969
containmentType Mark I
coolant light water
country Japan
dateOfMajorAccident 2011-03-11
decommissioningStatus under decommissioning
event Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
firstGridConnectionDate 1973
fuelType low-enriched uranium
gridConnection Tohoku Electric Power (Yurtec)
surface form: Tohoku Electric Power grid
gridStatusAfterAccident disconnected from grid
grossElectricalCapacity_MWe 784
IAEAAccidentLevel Level 7 (as part of site accident)
locatedOnCoastOf Pacific Ocean
location Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture
surface form: Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
moderator light water
netElectricalCapacity_MWe 784
numberOfFuelAssemblies 548
operator Tokyo Electric Power Company
surface form: TEPCO

Tokyo Electric Power Company
partOf Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
plannedFuelDebrisRetrievalStart 2020s
postAccidentCondition fuel debris present in primary containment
fuel debris present in reactor pressure vessel
primaryContainmentDesign drywell and suppression chamber (torus)
reactorSupplier General Electric
reactorType BWR-4
regulatoryBody Nuclear Regulation Authority (Japan)
surface form: Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan
safetySystemFailure failure of emergency core cooling
loss of DC power
shutdownDate 2011
sisterUnit Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1
Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3
siteElevation approximately 10 meters above sea level
status permanently shut down
thermalCapacity_MWt 2381
tsunamiOvertoppedSeawall true

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Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 neighboringUnits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2