The Activity record against the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake in the Department of Hot Laboratories and Facilities, 1; Emergency activities at onset

Department of Hot Laboratories and Facilities

This document describes the activity record in the Department of Hot Laboratories and Facilities against the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake. This Part I includes the damage situations and the emergency activities on 11th March for the 11 nuclear facilities managed by the department. The subsequent activities, such as the repairs or restorations, are described in the Part II. Despite the enormous damages for some of these facilities, such as the Research Hot Laboratory or the Reactor Fuel Examination Facility, there was no victim or no release of the radioactive materials out to the facilities. It was the great deal of the periodic patrol for the safety and health which is based on the manual procedure for the earthquake countermeasures executed since 1st January 2011.