Visual Tour of Fukushima Daiichi
After much research (much thanks to Elaine) we have compiled a visual tour of Fukushima Daiichi from before the quake.
Scroll down to go through the other buildings in the complex and then each reactor in number order
Other buildings around the complex
![]() 1939 - Tokyo Electric Power Plan to build Fukushima |
![]() 1966 raw land at the site |
![]() 1968 - Reactor 1 being built |
![]() Early image of plant offices |
![]() Hand over ceremony |
![]() Unsure if this is Daiini or units 5 and 6 |
![]() Daiichi 1-4 before the cloud paint job. |
![]() Units 5 & 6 at Daiichi. Notice the different outside walls. |
![]() Land view out to sea of Daiichi |
![]() A newer plant picture of 1-4 with the cloud paint job. |
![]() Training facility on site |
![]() Control room training. |
![]() Training classroom |
![]() Training reactor |
![]() Training room. |
![]() Emergency control room |
![]() Environmental building |
![]() Environmental control room |
![]() Environmental management building |
![]() Environmental building laundry |
![]() Isolation building |
![]() Hazmat radiation storage |
![]() Hazmat building moving waste barrels |
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![]() Chemical Analysis Lab |
![]() Chemical Analysis Lab |
![]() Daiichi switching station |
![]() Switching station by 5 & 6 |
![]() Daiichi switching station |
![]() Daiichi water outlets |
![]() Daiichi water outlets |
![]() Daiichi water inlets |
![]() Shared (common) fuel pool building |
![]() Shared (common) fuel pool |
![]() Shared (common) pool control room |
![]() Illustration of fuel cask storage building |
![]() Dry storage? Not sure if this is the cask storage building or not. Cask storage is by the docks. |
![]() Cask storage containers |
![]() Storage cask |
![]() Storage cask |
![]() Cask storage lifted onto boat |
![]() Cask transit ship. Takes them for reprocessing. |
Reactor 1
![]() Reactor 1 back up generator |
![]() Reactor 1 containment door |
![]() Reactor 1 containment door |
![]() Reacto 1 during containment test |
![]() Reactor 1 containment test |
![]() Reactor 1 containment test |
![]() Reactor 1 containment test |
![]() Reactor 1 containment test |
![]() Reactor 1 containment test |
![]() Reactor 1 valve for containment test |
![]() Reactor 1 control room |
![]() Reactor 1 control room |
![]() Reactor 1 control room |
![]() Reactor 1 circulating water pipe |
![]() Reactor 1 intake channel |
![]() Reactor 1 inspection - anyone know what controls these are? |
![]() Reactor 1 inspection |
![]() Reactor 1 inspection |
![]() Reactor 1 nitrogen test |
![]() Reactor 1 synchroscope - anyone know what it does? |
![]() Reactor 1 suppression chamber |
![]() Reactor 1 loading fuel |
![]() Reactor 1 reactor well |
![]() Reactor 1 explosion |
![]() Reactors 1 and 2 |
![]() Reactors 1 and 2 |
![]() Reactor 1 tape found in the spent fuel pool |
![]() Reactor 1 spent fuel pool leaks |
![]() Reactor 1 object in spent fuel pool |
![]() Reactor 1 RPV schematic |
Reactor 1 materials found
Reactor 2
![]() Reactor 2 control room |
![]() Reactor 2 control room |
![]() Reactor 2 control room |
![]() Reactor 2 containment test |
![]() Reactor 2 containment test |
![]() Reactor 2 containment test |
![]() Reactor 2 intakes |
![]() Reactor 2 intakes |
![]() Reactor 2 water pumps |
![]() Reactor 2 water pump |
![]() Reactor 2 water pump impeller |
![]() Reactor 2 transformer delivery |
![]() Reactor 2 transformer delivery |
![]() Reactor 2 spent fuel pool |
![]() Reactor 2 reactor well |
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Reactor 2 lower level floor plan

Reactor 2 lower level #2

Reactor 2 control rod schematic

Reactor 2 steam separator
Reactor 3
![]() Reactor 3 intakes |
![]() Reactor 3 intakes |
![]() Reactor 3 water pumps |
![]() Reactor 3 water pumps |
![]() Reactor 3 water pumps |
![]() Reactor 3 water heater |
![]() Reactor 3 water heater |
![]() Reactor 3 water heater |
![]() Reactor 3 water heater |
![]() Reactor 3 turbine feed pums |
![]() Reactor 3 turbine feed pumps |
![]() Reactor 3 turbines |
![]() Reactor 3 turbines |
![]() Reactor 3 turbines |
![]() Reactor 3 turbines |
![]() Reactor 3 steam safety valve |
![]() Reactor 3 steam safety valve |
![]() Reactor 3 steam isolation valve |
![]() Reactor 3 steam isolation valve |
![]() Reactor 3 steam isolation valve |
![]() Reactor 3 condensation pump |
![]() Reactor 3 condensation pump |
![]() Reactor 3, cabling reported incident. Yes, that is a purple extension cord looped over the railing. Please note the steel in the background and this grey railing, similar pieces of this can be seen in the rubble pile by SFP in reactor 4. |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod drive |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod drives |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod drives |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod inspection |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod inspection |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod inspection |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod drive piping |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod drives |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod drives |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod drive hydraulic lines |
![]() Reactor 3 control rod drive schematic |
![]() Reactor 3 containment |
![]() Reactor 3 containment cap lid, pit in the foreground |
![]() Reactor 3 containment cap removal |
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![]() Reactor 3 reactor well |
![]() Reactor 3 reactor well |
![]() Reactor 3 reactor well |
![]() Reactor 3 reactor well |
![]() Reactor 3 reactor well |
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![]() Reactor 3 refueling |
![]() Reactor 3 refueling |
![]() Reactor 3 refueling - mox in top left corner |
![]() Reactor 3 refueling |
![]() Reactor 3 spent fuel pool |
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Reactor 3 air conditioner corrosion

Reactor 3 containment schematic

Reactor 3 containment schematic

Reactor 3 pieces of duct tape found in containment

Reactor 3 turbine leak schematic
Reactor 4
![]() Reactor 4 and 3 joint control room |
![]() Reactor 4 and 3 shared condenser pipe room |
![]() Reactor 4 pre-quake, turbine building in foreground |
![]() Reactor 4 control room |
![]() Reactor 4 control room |
![]() Reactor 4 control room |
![]() Reactor 4 control room |
![]() Reactor 4 control room |
![]() Reactor 4 control room |
![]() Reactor 4 water intakes |
![]() Reactor 4 intake screens |
![]() Reactor 4 intake screens |
![]() Reactor 4 water pump |
![]() Reactor 4 water pump |
![]() Reactor 4 water pump |
![]() Reactor 4 low pressure condenser |
![]() Reactor 4 condensation pump |
![]() Reactor 4 condensation pump |
![]() Reactor 4 air compressor |
![]() Reactor 4 air compressor |
![]() Reactor 4 borated water controls |
![]() Reactor 4 borated water pump |
![]() Reactor 4 diesel generator |
![]() Reactor 4 diesel generator |
![]() Reactor 4, turbine |
![]() Reactor 4 turbine |
![]() Reactor 4 containment door |
![]() Reactor 4 outside containment |
![]() Reactor 4 refueling floor |
![]() Reactoc 4 reactor well |
![]() Reactor 4 refueling |
![]() Reactor 4 spent fuel pool (right) and covered reactor well center. |

Reactor 4, hydraulic leak (left schematic) - Suppression pool (found foreign objects) in right schematic

Reactor 4, object in the reactor well

Reactor 4 shroud cracks

Reactor 4 shroud cracks

Reactor 4 shroud cracks
Reactor 5
![]() Reactor 5 control room |
![]() Reactor 5 control room |
![]() Reactor 5 control room |
![]() Reactor 5 control room |
![]() Reactor 5 testing |
![]() Reactor 5 testing |
![]() Reactor 5 inspections |
![]() Reactor 5 inspections |
![]() Reactor 5 inspections |
![]() Reactor 5 inspections |
![]() Reactor 5 reactor well |
![]() Reactor 5 spent fuel pool |

Reactor 5 injection test schematic

Reactor 5 steam schematic
Reactor 6
![]() Reactor 6 water pumps |
![]() Reactor 6 water pumps |
![]() Reactor 6 water pump |
![]() Reactor 6 water pump |
![]() Reactor 6 water heater |
![]() Reactor 6 water heater |
![]() Reactor 6 generator |
![]() Reactor 6 generator |
![]() Reactor 6 generator |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
![]() Reactor 6 turbines |
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![]() Reactor 6 steam generator |
![]() Reactor 6 steam generator |
![]() Reactor 6 steam valve |
![]() Reactor 6 steam valve |
![]() Reactor 6 vent pipe |
![]() Reactor 6 back up generators |
![]() Reactor 6 back up generators |
![]() Reactor 6 control room |
![]() Reactor 6 control room |
![]() Reactor 6 control room |
![]() Reactor 6 control room |
![]() Reactor 6 control room |
![]() Reactor 6 control room |
![]() Reactor 6 suppression chamber |
![]() Reactor 6 suppression chamber vent pipe |
![]() Rector 6 suppression chamber inlet |
![]() Reactor 6 suppression chamber |
![]() Reactor 6 suppression chamber |
![]() Reactor 6 refueling floor |
![]() Reactor 6 reactor cap removal |
![]() Reactor 6 reactor cap removal |
![]() Reactor 6 reactor cap removal |
![]() Reactor 6 refueling |
![]() Reactor 6 reactor well |
![]() Reactor 6 spent fuel pool |
![]() Reactor 6 spent fuel pool |
![]() Reactor 6 refueling floor during maintenance |
Reactor 6 floor plan of leaks lower level

Reactor 6 schematic of a radioactive water leak
MISC. Images from the plant
![]() Radioactive waste removal |
![]() Radioactive waste removal |
![]() Radioactive waste removal |
![]() A containment test |
![]() A containment test |
![]() A containment test |
![]() A containment test |
![]() A containment test |
Suppression chamber diagram and photo of an object found in the suppression chamber.

Shroud replacement diagram and photo of a reactor core shroud.
Photo of the shroud replacement process

Exhaust monitors schematic

Jet pump schematic