Rolling Blackouts To Start At 6:20 Monday Morning: Tepco

[steve2470]

http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110313D13JFF20.htm

Monday, March 14, 2011

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) said Sunday that planned blackouts in the greater Tokyo area, intended to avert a widespread outage, will begin at 6:20 a.m. local time on a rolling basis.

In the details unveiled Sunday evening for its electricity-rationing plan, the utility said it will divide its service area -- consisting of Tokyo and eight surrounding prefectures -- into five groups, with the first getting its power cut off starting at 6:20.

[Fridays Child]

1. Uh oh! High potential for further mass chaos.

I hope they can hang tough over there. :(

[steve2470]

2. press release from Tepco 9 PM last night their time:

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031312-e.html

Press Release (Mar 13,2011)
Plant Status of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (as of 9pm March 13th)

All 6 units of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station have been shut down.



Unit 1(Shut down)
- Reactor has been shut down. However, the unit is under inspection due
to the explosive sound and white smoke that was confirmed after the big
quake occurred at 3:36PM.
- We have been injecting sea water and boric acid which absorbs neutron
into the reactor pressure vessel.

Unit 2(Shut down)
- Reactor has been shut down and Reactor Core Isolation Cooling System
has been injecting water to the reactor. Current reactor water level is
lower than normal level, but the water level is steady. After fully
securing safety, measures to lowering the pressure of reactor
containment vessel has been taken, under the instruction of
the national government.

It's now 6:41 AM on Monday, their time.