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 (Japan)
surface form: 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
surface form: 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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